In my last post about ornamental grasses with great winter structure, I mentioned several that I think still look quite good, even after our mostly rainy/icy winter. As so often happens, once I started writing about my favorite plants, I couldn’t limit myself to mentioning just a few, so here I’ll offer a couple more[...]
I’ve been trying to stay cheerful about the glories of the winter garden, but it’s getting harder. If the days were actually as warm as they look from inside, I’d be sharpening my shears and scythe, firing up the brush mower, and reducing all of the remaining stems and seedheads to mulch. Many of the[...]
Text and photographs ©Nancy J. Ondra 2008 The point of this month’s Garden Blogger’s Design Workshop is to indulge in some sumptuous color at a time when many of us don’t have much to celebrate in our outdoor gardens. But when you consider that browns are such a big part of our surroudings for a[...]
So sayeth I, frequently. My reasons? For the first, I offer a simple equation: white + a mulberry tree + birds = purple-spotted white Seven years of purple-spotted white fences and garden furniture. Need I say more?
Back in the old days—before Blotanical, before the first garden blogs, even before the first on-line gardening forums—getting involved in local garden clubs and national gardening organizations was one of the best ways to connect with other obsessed gardeners. Blogging now gives us practically instant access to each other and lets us “visit” other gardeners[...]