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Marsala Colors my Day
Aren’t these peonies luscious? The burgundy wine pink Marsala, Pantone’s 2015 color pick, is embodied in these peony selections. These yummy visions are from “Peony’s Envy” collection. I can envision them growing in my garden and enlivening my vases. I need such feast for the eyes and soul this freezing Mid-January day. The wind chill factor creates… Read more
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Book Review: ‘The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements’
‘The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements: A Practical Compendium of Inspired Designs for the Working Gardener’ by Michael Valentine Bartlett & Rose Love Bartlett David R. Godine, Boston 2014 $40.00US ISBN 978-1-56792-426-8 When I think of garden elements, images of containers and benches come to mind. The Bartlett’s expanded that notion immediately. In over 1000… Read more
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Sweet Autumn Splendor
The starry mass of the late blooming “Sweet Autumn’ Clematis welcomes visitors to Carlisle Center Park. It’s a great example of vertical gardening with the clematis’ amazing span across the fence. The planting also creates one ‘wall’ of the “outdoor room” I created for the conversation area. The massed plantings flank the benches and create the… Read more
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Autumnal Pink: Alternate Palette
Orange, vermilion, scarlet, burgundy, and yellow–they’re the colors we usually associate with the fall garden palette. We rarely think about pink. As I walked within my garden this morning less than twelve hours from the Fall Equinox, I realized the predominant flower color is pink. And… Read more
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Come to my One Day Workshop in Perennial and Shrub Design
It was a beautiful summer to study the unfolding color of MASS HORT’s Bressingham Garden . The summer ‘s four- session workshop (Perennial and Shrub Planting Design for Seasonal Color taught by Maria von Brincken) was held at Elm Bank. This advanced seminar, developed for students with some horticultural expertise/background, included lectures, practice exercises in… Read more
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How to Deadhead Perennials.
Ask the Green Thumb Garden Tutorial Series: Latest Short video answering a common gardening questions posted by readers in the Boston/Metro-West area. How to Deadhead Perennials? frequently asked by gardeners–especially new ones! When you remove spent blossoms your garden instantly looks better. A bonus is that many plants will bloom a second time if deadheaded. Plants… Read more