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Window Boxes Stretch the Season
I’M SHOWING YOU the window box, above, one of two attached to the front windows of my rental apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, not because I’m so very proud of it — they’re rather pedestrian, not to mention lopsided, but out … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged bacopia, fall, impatiens, juncus, Prospect Heights, vinca, window boxes
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My Arty Brooklyn Window Boxes
After a week ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I PLANTED UP the two boxes attached to the front windows of my garden-level apartment in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and I’m pleased with how they turned out. I had planned to shop a … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged annuals, bacopa, Big Twister Rush, brownstone, flower boxes, hosta, impatiens, Juncus effusus, Minuteman, pansides, perennials, Prospect Heights, sedum angelina, variegated, vinca, Wide Brim, window box, window boxes
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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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