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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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Lula’s Garden
Four Alberta spruces and a boxwood hedge lead the way from driveway to front door GOT ME A NEW CAMERA, but it’s not out of the box yet (I’m a little slow to adopt new technology, even when it’s sitting … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged Alberta spruce, bleeding heart, boxwoods, brunnera, deer-resistant, ferns, Japanese maple, pieris, rhododendrons, shade garden, shade-tolerant, Springs
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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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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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The Hanging Gardens of Brooklyn
A FEW YEARS BACK, this 25’x30′ Brooklyn Heights backyard was basically a dog run, with a broken stone patio and a canopy of ailanthus trees. Now, with the help of garden designer Nigel Rollings, who teaches the popular Urban Garden … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING
Tagged abutilon, Algerian ivy, annuals, astilbes, bridesmaid mountain laurel, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Heights, cimicifuga, culinary herbs, deck, drip irrigation, drought-tolerant annuals, ferns, fountain wall, fuchsia, hanging gardens, healing garden, huechera, ipomoea, Japanese maple, Japanese plum yew, liriope, mandevilla, Nigel Rollings, oak leaf hydrangea, water feature
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