Archive for January, 2010
Weekly Garden Photo: Portland Japanese Garden
On January - 24 - 2010
Colorful Spring Gardens
On January - 20 - 2010
After a long cold and gray winter, a colorful spring garden is a welcome sight. Bulbs, many species of shrubs and a few perennials can brighten up a garden long before there are even leaves on the trees.
Garden Design: Part 5
On January - 18 - 2010
Trees, shrubs and garden structures can be utilized to frame views within the garden or vistas or the distant landscape. They can also help draw attention to favorable elements within a garden and distract from unfavorable ones.
Weekly Garden Photo: Red Insurgency
On January - 17 - 2010
Colorful flowers…
On January - 13 - 2010
whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a welcome sight. Incorporating these early bloomers is a great way to brighten up the landscape after a long barren winter.
Plant fast-growing evergreens…
On January - 12 - 2010
for a quick privacy screen or windbreak.
Garden Design: Part 4
On January - 11 - 2010
Texture in garden design refers to the visual roughness or smoothness of a plant. At close range the texture depends on individual leaves, flowers or bark. At a distance, however, texture is read in the mass and void of foliage or the patterns of light and dark.
Divide overgrown perennials…
On January - 11 - 2010
in fall, while the weather is cooler.
Keep your tools…
On January - 10 - 2010
sharp; well maintained tools help make gardening tasks easier.
