Design a rain garden, which captures water that runs off from your house, or buy or build a rain barrel to capture runoff from your gutters. (For information on getting started and tips, visit www.metroblooms.org.) • Plan to plant. and more »
Purple cabbages, white cauliflower and pale green leaf lettuce are all beautiful shade lovers for those cooler spots in the garden. Deep green shade-loving hostas can be replaced with vitamin-packed kale, chives make beautiful spiky ornamental grasses
Today, the rolling hills and water features provide a backdrop for the forsythia, lilacs, phlox, rhododendrons, dogwood, crab apple, cherry trees and hosta that will soon be blooming in the spring. Mountain laurel, a variety of perennials and daffodils and more »
Although pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris, aka prairie crocus) is deer-resistant, the Wilshaws have earned the freedom to garden with lilies, hostas and tulips, by installing a deer fence around their entire property. That to me is the ultimate way and more »
Warren Leach, garden designer and co-owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery will take you step by step through the design and planting process of making a new garden in his Garden Design Tutorial "Planning and Planting a New Hosta Garden.
Home Landscaping Ideas
Purple cabbages, white cauliflower and pale green leaf lettuce are all beautiful shade lovers for those cooler spots in the garden. Deep green shade-loving hostas can be replaced with vitamin-packed kale, chives make beautiful spiky ornamental grasses