POSTED BY KIM — …is also the simplest. Coincidence? One thing I learned in my design classes was to simplify the number of plants that went into a bed or planting. I remember the instructor saying things like “You can’t have 30 different plants in a small bed like that!” I don’t normally [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Grass’
April 2, 2009
Don’t Monkey Around: It’s time to trim your Monkey Grass
POSTED BY PEGGY: Monkey grass is also know as Lily Turf or Liriope Grass. Liriope is pronounced (lir-RYE-oh-pee). I find it one of the hardest plant names to pronouce. It doesn’t roll off the tongue like other botanical names. I’ve heard lots of interesting interpretations over the years.
Liriope is a tough groundcover plant. It survives in full sun or [...]
March 3, 2009
March Gardening
POSTED BY PEGGY: There are lots of projects to do in the garden this month. It’s not too early to get started. One important thing to remember for March gardening: the ground can be very wet. Avoid walking in your plant beds this time of the year. Walking in the garden will compact the soil. [...]
December 10, 2008
The Winter Garden
POSTED BY PEGGY: They say the real measure of a great garden is how it good it looks in the winter. Standing on my back porch, I’m giving myself a C-. My burning bush was delightful two months ago, but the glorious red leaves have fallen off. I have no berries, no twisted and gnarled [...]
October 22, 2008
the perennial that enhances all others
Posted by botanicalann — Two years ago , I bought 3 of these little grasses. I used to buy one of everything, but I have been in the garden long enough to know it is wise to work in 3s, 5s etc. These grew into swirling variegated mounds of beauty. In the shade garden, they [...]
