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Having a fragrant garden takes some special planning. First of all you want to take note of the prevailing wind patterns in your yard. Second, pay attention to the foot traffic and take note of were people walk. You want to place your plants in an area where the wind will blow the wonderful aromas through your open windows. And you also want your plants where people will walk by and brush against them. This will also release the fragrance of the plants. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: blue bedder, Chinese lantern, climbing rose, confederate jasmine, cowslip, false acacia, five-leaf akebia, flowering tobacco, Fragrant garden, Japanese snowbell, Japanese wisteria, lavender cotton, lemon bottlebrush, lemon verbena, mealy-cup sage, mignonette, pelargonium capitatum, rosemary, royal sunset, small oak germander, Spanish bluebells, spicebush, sweet mock orange, tea crabapple, variegated sage, weeping willow, wintersweet

English cottage gardens are usually a hodge podge of classical heavily scented flowers and plants. There is no rhyme or reason to the design. You might have a Sweet William plant popping up in four or five different places. A clump of Delphinium may be blooming on one side of your garden and a clump of Foxglove on the other side. Pathways through the garden are often overgrown with groundcover or taller flowers and might be difficult to see as you make your way through the growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ‘bath’s pink, ‘merton, chives, clematis, cleome, climbing rose, common witch hazel, cosmos, danse du feu, delphinium, dianthus, dill, dwarf apple, English Garden, feverfew, four o’clock, foxglove, jackmanii, old-fashioned weigla, scotch thistle, shrubby cinquefoil, sweet alyssum, sweet violet, sweet William, wonderland, wormwood

Nothing beats a beautiful well-tended garden with its perfectly trimmed bushes, weed free soil, and bright full blooms. However, if you are like me, you do not want to spend your entire weekend hedging, pruning, weeding, watering, fertilizing, deadheading and mulching. Yet, you still want a garden that is the envy of the neighborhood. If you are willing to put in a few hours of work one weekend you can have a glorious easy to care for garden with beautiful flowers and shrubs. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ‘bath’s pink, ‘merton, chives, clematis, cleome, climbing rose, common witch hazel, cosmos, danse du feu, delphinium, dianthus, dill, dwarf apple, English Garden, feverfew, four o’clock, foxglove, jackmanii, old-fashioned weigla, scotch thistle, shrubby cinquefoil, sweet alyssum, sweet violet, sweet William, wonderland, wormwood

This climbing rose is on fire! The blooms start out as a deep red bud. As the rose blossom opens golden yellow petals are revealed. These golden yellow petals turn to orange and then back to the original fire red as the flower ages. Joseph’s Coat Roses put on quite a display of color and are sure to turn a mundane garden spectacular. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: climbing rose, climbing roses, hosta, ivy, joseph’s coat rose, Joseph’s Coat Roses, Lobelia, purple leaf plum, Rose, Roses, smoke bush