John Zvirovski, For the Sun
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The garden season is quickly approaching, and along with that fact will come some of the first flowering plants available at the nurseries. One of the first plants you will see for sale in a great selection is pansies. These are those wonderful annuals that bloom with a beautiful face looking right back at you.
Summer is going quickly in our neck of the woods, but there is still plenty of time to enjoy the great outdoors before the cold returns. The gardens are in...
Every garden has an element of flow to its design. Even if it only has one plant, the flow is to draw your attention to that one plant. Most people think this element is strictly how your eye travels from one focal point to another. That is a big part of the flow that exists within a garden layout. Another factor of flow exists at a smaller level, in the form of pots and containers. Not only can one's eyes dance around from one color to another or from a short form to a tall one, they can also follow a flow through trailing plants.
There are some flowering plants out there that take us back to another time with just the memories they create. Often we call these plants from times gone by heirloom...
What is that sweet scent in the air that we smell while on our morning or evening walks? Many times we know right where the smells are coming from and...
Everyone who spends time in the garden can vouch for the desire to have plants in their yard that are easy to care for and are maintenance free. One of...
Every year, when planting the garden for the new season, I try and acquire different types of annuals that are a little different from the ordinary. They seem to get...
Well May has arrived and along with it some pretty nice weather. We got a little rain and everything seemed to green up overnight. Now the planning begins to get...
April has now arrived, and by the end of the month our trees and shrubs will begin to leaf out and cast a fresh emerald hue to the scene. As...
I can’t say that I mind some warm weather during the winter months. It is always nice to have a break from the cold on a periodic basis, and as...
