Choosing Plants For Hypertufa Planters
What are some of the plants that I have been choosing for hypertufa planters? Well, there is not just ONE that I love, so I will try and make a series of suggestions…
What are some of the plants that I have been choosing for hypertufa planters? Well, there is not just ONE that I love, so I will try and make a series of suggestions…
Rock soapwort is a perfect flowering plant for hypertufa. The real scientific name is Saponaria ocymoides and since it needs well-drained soil, it is a winner for hypertufa pots. This plant is a…
A few years ago, I had some miniature armeria or “sea pink” in my hypertufa troughs and I really loved those cute little plants. These particular miniature armeria grow in a tiny cushion…
This spring I had a beautiful yellow drift of daisy-like flowers in my backyard. These plants were bunched together near a narrow drainage “creek” for lack of a better word. It is the…
As a vining plant, clematis is one of the most beautiful I have ever grown. Its color is so pretty glowing in the garden against the dark green or smokey green color of…
My daughter has always been in love with wisteria. She loves the twisted form it takes on as it grows. Certainly wisteria is the twisted vine which surrounds every castle in a little…
In a previous year in a previous house, in the springtime, we had boulders delivered and created an “enclosure” of sorts for a hillside boulder garden at the side of our house. That…
Sunny and dry spot in your garden? For this sunny spot in my side garden, I chose Perennial Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) and it has done very well over the past year. I…
A thousand pounds of pea gravel, one shovel full at a time. I should explain that I have a gravel path or open walking area for my garden. I have had it that…
The wait was worth it I am so happy to report that this spring after years of waiting, I finally have blooms on my Lenten Rose. This my fourth or fifth year that…
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