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Garden Inspiration: Late-Season Lushness in Amagansett
HERE, TO MANY, IS WHAT THE HAMPTONS is really about — not the ocean beaches but the native oak woods and the gardening that is possible within them, with the help of a sturdy deer fence. This green and lovely … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Amagansett, Bayberry Nursery, carex, carex Morrowii 'Ice Dance', cedar-shingled, clerodendron tichotomum fargesii, cottage, deer fence, deer fencing, ferns, hakonechloa, hostas, hydrangea, Japanese maple, ligularia, liriope, natural swimming pool, Paula Diamond, stockade fence
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Made in the Shade: Tips from the Experts
Margaret Roach at last weekend’s shade gardening workshop, above LAST WEEKEND, along with a few dozen other garden nerds, I attended a half-day shade gardening workshop in Columbia County, and took 8 pages of notes. We started at Margaret Roach’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, HUDSON VALLEY, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, begonias, Bob Hyland, borders, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, cardboard, cimicifuga, citronelle, Columbia County, deep shade, dividing perennials, dolls eyes aceta, dropout memoir, early bulbs, epimedium, full sun, hakonechloa, hellebores, heuchera, hostas, Jeffersonia, Loomis Creek, Margaret Roach, nursery, part shade, petasites, primulas trilliums, rosin paper, shade gardening, shade gardens, smother weeds, Spanish bluebells, tips, woodland plants
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Cottage Garden, Despite the Deer
IT’S WORKING. After 7 years, the perennial beds at my upstate New York place, where my wasband (thanks to Marggy Kerr for that word) lives and gardens, are finally filled in enough to suppress weeds. Two months without any weeding, … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HUDSON VALLEY
Tagged cottage garden, daylilies, deer, deer fencing, deer-resistant, hostas, hydrangeas, irises, milorganite, perennials, poppies, rudbeckia, weeds
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GARDEN VOYEUR: Foolproof Plants for Brooklyn Backyards
THIS IS WHERE I cut my gardening teeth: the 21’x35′ backyard on Verandah Place in Cobble Hill where we lived for twenty years, above, as it looked in May/ June. We inherited a graceful Japanese maple, a stand of honeysuckle … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged ailanthus, ajuga, andromeda, annuals, astilbe, azalea, bleeding heart, bluestone patio, bricks, caladiums, climbing hydrangea, Cobble Hill, coral bells, creeping phlox, dead nettle, English ivy, European ginger, honeysuckle, hostas, houtonia, huechera, hybrid tulips, ivy, Japanese ferns, Japanese maple, lirope, money plant, oak leaf hydrangea, perennials, railroad ties, starry eyes, terrace beds, variegated foliage, Verandah Place, vinca, wood hyacinth, wrough iron balcony
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My Rented Garden: Nil to Abundance in 2 Seasons
WELL, THAT WASN’T SO BAD, WAS IT? Unless we get some late snowstorms (which have been known to happen), spring is just weeks away. My thoughts are turning to my backyard in Boerum Hill, going into its third season. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged asters, backyard, Boerum Hill, Borough Hall, buttercups, catmint, chain-link fence, Cobble Hill, containers, euonymous, garden, Greenmarket, hostas, irises, juniper, lady's mantle, perennials, raised-bed kits, renter, staking, stone wall, tomato plants, wood deck
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