Herb gardens are a wonderful addition to any property as they provide color and fragrance to as well as fresh herbs to use all summer long!
Contact us if you'd like some herb garden ideas.
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Herb gardens are a wonderful addition to any property as they provide color and fragrance to as well as fresh herbs to use all summer long!
Contact us if you'd like some herb garden ideas.
Mini Daffodils With Pansies
One of the best ways to add instant color to the garden after a long winter is to create some planters with spring bulbs and annual flowers. Even a simple mix of colorful pansies with pussy willow or red twig dogwoods as a vertical element can add a much needed splash of color to the landscape. Contact us if you need some ideas.
Sunny spots in the landscape are great for flower gardens. Perennial and annual flowers provide a garden with color and fragrance. Some will even attract wildlife such as birds and butterflies. Many perennials and annuals do very well in full sun as they're able to tolerate the hottest summer days as well as the dry conditions of this environment. Planting a variety of perennials with different bloom times will provide your garden color from spring, through summer and into fall.
It's great to see the bulbs starting to pop up. I guess it's an early spring this year!
While most garden designs are meant to be visually striking, great designs consider other senses such as scent. Fragrance, the sense that evokes memory more than any other, is easy to integrate into a landscape design. Some plants, such as roses, “Korean spice” viburnum and the native shrub summer sweet, produce fragrant flowers. Other plants have fragrant foliage, such as the herbs lavender, mint and thyme.
In the gardening world shade presents both challenges and opportunities. While it's true that most large-bloomed and colorful perennial do best in full or part sun, there are a number of shade tolerant perennials which are prized for their unique foliage and a few for their flowers. Some of the best shade loving perennials include:
This list is not complete and only scratches the surface of potential planting options.
If you need help with an idea for a shade garden, let us know. We're available for consultations.