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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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Late Summer Garden Challenges
THIS IS NOT my East Hampton garden’s finest hour. I came back after two weeks in the Big City and a hurricane — no, a tropical storm, but still — to find it looking…well, shvach. That word comes to me … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND
Tagged ajuga, boxwood, bugleweed, chelone, cranesbill 'Rozanne, cutting garden, deer, Deer-Out, East Hampton, Eastern redbud, epimedium, ferns, Korean boxwood, ligularia, miscanthus, perennials, pieris, pruning, rhododendrons, shade, turtlehead
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Garden Therapy
I HAVEN’T POSTED in a few days because I got home from Spain and was hit with a bad case of ‘What now?’ I walked into my lovely Prospect Heights pied-a-terre, now fully furnished, decorated, and organized, and had nothing … Continue reading
Posted in COTTAGE LIVING, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged abelia, catmint, compost, deer, East Hampton, garden, ladies mantle, ligularia, liriope, Little Richard, miscanthus, perennials, pied a terre, Prospect Heights, salvia, spring chores, Springs, therapy
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Garden Realities
SO, FROM THE FLORAL EXTRAVAGANZA OF RANCHO LA PUERTA to the bare dirt of my own garden-to-be in Springs, N.Y., above. It’s a tough transition, but I’m doing my best. I spent yesterday afternoon moving things around. Early spring is … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, OLD-HOUSE MAKEOVERS
Tagged backyard, blue salvia 'May Night', Boerum Hill, budget, compost, creeping phlox, curb appeal, East Hampton, fertilizer, fish emulsion, garden, Garden Design magazine, improving soil, Korean boxwoods, ladies mantle, lady's mantle, LANDSCAPING, ligularia, ornamental grass, Springs, topsoil, transplanting
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