Ornamental Gardens

New Proven Winner Plants

September 15, 2011
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Each summer, my garden literally bursts into blooms from a wide variety of annuals and perennials. This year was no different. In fact, I was asked by Proven Winners to review a number of their newest plants for my USDA Zone 6b garden over the last few months. Here are a few of my favorites. Photo copyright Teresa […]

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Growing Poppies in The Garden

August 25, 2011
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Poppies are easy to love. The flowers mix beautifully with roses, lavenders and other perennials, and provide a romantic, carefree look to any garden. Best of all, poppies are easy to grow from seeds, and many of them reseed to provide beauty year after year. The above pink ‘Shirley’ poppies (right) and orange ‘California’ poppies […]

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Growing Great Flower Containers

August 15, 2011
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Creating eye-catching flower containers for my garden was easier than usual this summer, thanks to an assortment of Hort Couture plants I was asked to test this growing season. Come look at the results.

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Product Review: Laguna Deck Pond + Fountain Tips

July 10, 2011
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There’s been a new addition to my garden in recent weeks. It gurgles and bubbles pleasantly, adding a relaxing ambiance to my deck. Here’s my review of Laguna’s Deck Pond and some advice for enjoying fountains and other water features in your garden… Photo copyright Kevin O’Connor

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Five Great Container Choices for Any Garden

July 5, 2011
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This is a debut of a series of exchanges between Urban Gardens and Seasonal Wisdom, exploring the latest in gardening, green living and design. Robin Horton of Urban Gardens shares her five favorite container types for gardens, wherever you are… A garden container can be anything really. What you choose depends on your needs, what you […]

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Plant a Tree, Win a Prize. (Maybe)

July 1, 2011
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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now,” says an old Chinese proverb. Getting people to grow more trees in their neighborhoods and communities is the goal of a quickly growing online community called AmericanGrove.org.  To spread the word, they are giving away $50 gift cards […]

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At Home With P. Allen Smith

May 17, 2011
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My mother used to say that when she died, she imagined heaven would look like Charlottesville, Virginia. She really meant Monticello, the famous country estate that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, with its Neoclassic architecture, orderly kitchen gardens and Southern charm. I thought about her often, while touring P. Allen Smith’s 650-acre Moss Mountain Farm, outside of Little Rock, […]

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Garden Tours: Southern Plantations to French Estates

May 3, 2011
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From Southern plantations to European-inspired estates, these three gardens, designed by P. Allen Smith, provided attendees of the first annual Garden2Blog event with plenty of ideas to apply to our own outdoor spaces.  Even if our gardens aren’t nearly as big as the one photographed at the Murphy residence in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Win Annie’s Annuals $50 Gift Certificate

April 7, 2011
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If you love rare or historic flowers, or romantic cottage flowers reminiscent of an earlier time … then you will adore Annie’s Annuals. Based in Richmond, California, this charming garden center and mail order company has won fans from around the United States for its delightful annuals, perennials and California native plants. The pink flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum ‘Claremont’) shown above is one […]

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This Azalea Deserves An Encore – Win One, Plus More!

March 31, 2011
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In many regions of the United States, it’s hard to imagine spring without azaleas. Their vibrant colors shake off the winter blues in the garden, and get the growing season off to a great start.  Unfortunately, most azaleas bloom only in the spring, making them less ideal for other seasons. That’s why Encore Azaleas are getting applause. And […]

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