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Monthly Archives: May 2009
May312009
Arching Bells
May312009
Maybe because its Latin name could inspire fear in any designer, or maybe because it isn’t seen often, but Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. Bulgaricum should be used by more garden and landscape designers. A bulb, hardy from zones 6-10, it is … Read more
May302009
Long ago I lived in Lille…France that is
May302009
I have long been fascinated with all things French. I even went so far, years ago, to live there for a while. Not in romantic Paris or sunkissed Aix en Provence, with its fields of lavender, but rainy, industrial Lille. … Read more
May272009
White
May272009
I started thinking about this when all of my white shrubs bloomed at once this spring. They are supposed to bloom in a kind of sequence. The absence of color was just as, if not more powerful, than a garden … Read more
May262009
Often way over my head
May262009
My neighborhood has some unusual street trees. A few blocks away there’s a solid block of Sweet Gums (Liquidambar stryaciflua) that make an incredible tricolored foliage show in the fall and an unbelievable knee high mess when they shed their … Read more
May252009
Talking to Myself
May252009
I have in some way and in fits and starts kept a journal for years. There have been times when just the act of chronicling what ever was happening in my life has helped me sort it out. As a … Read more
May232009
Field Trip–Upper Montclair
May232009
I have a soft spot for bearded Iris. I use them often in the gardens I design. They are reliably deer resistant and I like their sculptural blooms and their grey green spiky foliage. Each May, when I was a … Read more
May222009
Fringe Benefits
May222009
I love our native fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus. Hardy to zone 3, it is delicate, fragrant and underused in the landscape. Sometimes I see it used here as a multi-stemed shrub, but seldom as a mature understory tree. I’ve used … Read more
May202009
Dreaming of Other Places
May202009
I have itchy, gypsy feet. When the weather gets nice my longing to pick up and go gets worse. I want to go some place exotic–full of color, odd sounds and history. Bali I want to go some place I’ve … Read more
May202009
First Year Snapshots
May202009
Yesterday on my way to somewhere else, I stopped at a garden I designed and installed last fall. The design mostly followed the footprint of a formal garden that had fallen into ruin–the concrete pond was there as was a … Read more
May192009
Chelsea Flower Show Junkie
May192009
Yes, I admit it. I’m a Chelsea Flower Show junkie and this week it’s time for my big fix! I follow the Chelsea Flower Show like some guys follow the Jets. I can’t get enough. I find the gardens to … Read more
