Category Archives: Planting Design

Apr152013
My Wee Spring Plant Nursery

Here I go getting all plant-y again… In January I offered to share a snippet of  my favorite  Heuchera ‘Molly Bush’ which I’ve grown for almost 20 years back to Allen Bush who bred it to begin with.  He graciously sent … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Heuchera 'Molly Bush', native plants, plants 1 Comment

Mar252013
In Praise of Pieris

Every March I am enchanted with Pieris japonica and then I promptly forget about it as other more intriguing options catch my attention and it fades into the background. I found three varieties worth planting during a hunt for spring at The Farm, and … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Pieris japonica 2 Comments

Mar112013
Spring is Sprung with Leaf Magazine

I hope you’re not tired of hearing about the new issues of Leaf and my involvement with them.  I think the latest issue–out today– Spring 2013–is as good, if not better, than those that have come before it. It’s a great … Read more

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LABELS: Garden Centers, gardeners, Gardens, Hamamelis x intermedia, Landscape Design Leave a comment

Mar82013
Witch Hazels…I’m bewitched.

It started out simply.  Admiration in a late winter garden. I’ve planted them for my clients for years, but have never had one of my own. Then I wrote a piece for the upcoming issue of Leaf.  Then I became … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Hamamelis x intermedia, plants Leave a comment

Jan222013
Garden Designers Roundtable: Winter Inspiration

I’m totally obsessed with winter gardens.  The thing is though, by spring, just like everyone else I get caught up in the sexier spring and summer seasons and completely forget to plant for winter.  This year I’m going to try … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Heptacodium miconiodes, inspiration, Landscape Design, winter 16 Comments

Jan32013
Hubert de Givenchy and Gardens

Hubert de Givenchy is better known his couture creations for Audrey Hepurn than he is as a champion of gardens.  But champion he is. Upon retirement in 1995, he was a key player in the restoration of the Potager du … Read more

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LABELS: France, Gardens, Planting Design 2 Comments

Oct222012
My Dirty, Little Garden Secret

Yes, I have a secret.  You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything about my own gardens this year.  That’s because I have a dirty, little secret about them. Here it is.  For the past year I have done … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Landscape Design, Planting Design 9 Comments

Mar152012
Spring Brights in the Garden

Early spring is coming early here this year.  Gardens are bursting with unseasonably warm weather.  Here are two stars of the early spring garden (blooming this week) that are much more interesting and super substitutes for the ubiquitous forsythia. Cornus … Read more

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LABELS: Cornus mas, Gardens, Jasminum nudiflorum, Planting Design, plants, spring 2 Comments

Mar52012
Flower Shows vs. Garden Shows

There is an important distinction other than age (183 years) for the Philadelphia International Flower Show and most others…it’s a flower show…not a flower and garden show.  Floral designers, event planners, amateur and professional horticulturalists show and compete alongside landscape designers and nurseries.  This … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, inspiration, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Flower Show, Planting Design 8 Comments

Feb232012
Late Winter Plants in glorious bloom!

Earlier this week I walked around The New York Botanical Gardens with landscape designer Naomi Brooks of Verdant Landscapes.  The two of us were like kids released into the sunshine after a day too long in school.  Our walk was … Read more

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LABELS: Gardens, Landscape Design, Planting Design, plants 4 Comments