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Lilies of the Morning
THE FALL BULB CATALOGUES have started to arrive, and with them a certain annoyance, as in ‘Who wants to think about summer ending already?’ Still, they are seductive, and paging through them is a pleasant way to spend a July … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged alliums, bulbs, coleus, container, Deer-Out, deer-proof, grape hyacinths, hanging basket, John Scheepers, lysimachia, muscari, naturalizers, naturalizing, Outback Sunset, Saturn, Silberian squill, snowdrops, Spanish bluebells, Turk's cap lilies, wandering Jew
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Garden Heirlooms for Historic Houses
THIS FROM Fine Gardening magazine’s website…I’m going to Montauk to eat lobster. Happy 4th, everyone. Q: I just moved into a house built in 1740 and was hoping to put in some annual and perennial beds that reflect that era. … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Tagged annuals, antique plants, bulbs, Fine Gardening, flowers, heirloom, heirloom plants, mail order, nurseries, perennials, resources
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My Favorite Community Garden
NOT THAT I’VE MADE a comprehensive study of them, but I particularly enjoy peeking into the ‘Backyard’ Community Garden at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. About half the good-sized lot consists of wood-trimmed … Continue reading
A Host of Brooklyn Daffodils
THE SCENE last week in my friend Nancy’s Boerum Hill backyard… This is what comes of twenty years of throwing bulbs into the ground and letting them do their thing: April abundance! Lots of daffs, leucojum (they look like tall … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged Boerum Hill, bulbs, daffodils, leucojum, tree peony, wood hyacinth
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A Bed for All Seasons
ONE OF MY FAVORITE FLOWER BEDS upstate is a 4’x4′ square outlined in cinderblock, with foot-high boxwoods in each corner and a concrete birdbath bought for $40 in the center. I think the term is “pocket garden.” Self-contained and visible … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HUDSON VALLEY
Tagged annuals, boxwoods, bulbs, cinderblock, cleomes, cockscomb, coleus, crocus, flower bed, globe thistle, herbs, lobelia, marigold, peonies, perennials, pocket garden, sedum, wooly thyme
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