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Tag Archives: coleus
Container Culture
THERE’S REALLY NOTHING you can’t grow in containers, provided the container is big enough — trees, shrubs, grasses, bulbs, perennials, annuals. So, if you happen to have a 4,600 square foot rooftop terrace like the one above and below, atop … Continue reading
Posted in AMSTERDAM, BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged annuals, arborvitae, birch trees, canna, coleus, container planting, dianthus, evergreens, hosta, impatiens, Japanese blood grass, Japanese maple, lilies, Mary-Liz Campbell, perennials, Rebecca Cole, rooftop terrace, rudbeckia, sedum, sweet potato vine, Williamsburg
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Coleus Dreaming
YOU HAVE TO LOVE A PLANT with varieties named Bada Bing, Tilt-a-Whirl, Oompah, Fishnet Stockings, King Kong, and Texas Parking Lot. I’m talking about coleus, popular in Victorian times, then out of favor for decades, and now hot once more, … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged borders, Brooklyn Horror, coleus, containers, house plants, window boxes
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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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