https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1525129614504-DYB2ZXGN0VR5ZLCG69HQ/2017-07-21-harry-crocosmia.jpg Events https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2026/7/18-garden-conservancy-open-days monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c9549162-a152-4603-955a-da59591e0445/gc-logo-319x90.jpg Events - Open Days & Plant Sale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2026-05-30-native-plant-sale monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/44efb28f-c82c-4c26-aaea-c024c5209f15/2024-06-01_chh-plant-sale-customers.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cafa5348-4900-4fb3-80ef-c2b51c148162/moss-fern-bonsai.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Moss & fern bonsai (a variety of shapes & sizes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/977cf175-7040-45f1-9c62-0cf091f39212/deb-wiseman-cards.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Greeting cards from our garden volunteer: Deb Wiseman Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617975072-UIJ5ET367VZPZL6IVEGK/agastache-blue-fortune-08-21-east-bed.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Agastache 'Blue Fortune', hybrid (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012922548-2SXML0BAQH9H6PWJR7ON/allium-summer-beauty-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Allium 'Summer Beauty' (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012173720-ZONB10E211O9EVWRQE40/2020-06-06_amsonia-bugbane.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Amsonia hubrichtii (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746013043909-306D7V5C0KBTULYITL9F/anemone-virginiana-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Anemone virginiana, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618173580-NATSP73QU7P4BNKZI0BS/aruncus+aethusifolius-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aruncus aethusifolius, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618382257-SR93BVAUGNGPPIQHKNSN/asclepias-incarnata-tblg.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Asclepias incarnata/swamp milkweed, native (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581023225-LILZSC9OM2I3DMSGG3IZ/new-england-aster-purple-dome.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’/New England aster (Copy) Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618432529-MU9UQKXOD5Q6WIE72CAL/aster+lateriflorus.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aster lateriflorus, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012461328-EA6GN1Z36VR4YT2RHYEH/Athyrium-f.f.-Lady-in-Red.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Athyrium 'Lady in Red', North America native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581024069-1YE2L47XCTCDLI32HDNG/coreopsis-red-thread.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Coreopsis ‘Red Satin’ for summer, nativar (Copy) image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746276598314-CC9DDB1ZSFJ0SGZXK1Z7/Dalea-purpurea-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Dalea purpurea, 'Purple Prairie Clover', US native (Copy) Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581023357-5DZKLLK44FOXD2I9JMQO/erigeron-lynnhaven-carpet.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Erigeron pulchellus, daisy fleabane, native groundcover (Copy) image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746013349429-GROYXA0ANC5XNGNH4CS5/2023-06-11_gillenia.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Gillenia trifoliata, native (Copy) Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746276280749-Y5GPOQAG9H4FXNEC82TT/Lobelia-cardinalis-Black-Truffle_vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle', natural selection (Copy) Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618776896-LE7F0L16I76VGE93DCMI/Lobelia-s.v.-siphilitica-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Lobelia siphilitica/Great Blue Lobelia, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012292057-E2J5N1IGAXP3MNAPMJ78/2022_07-12_raspberry-wine-asclepias-cinderella.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine', hybrid (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012319262-K3XNYDW1JUSZNWLMBJKR/2022-06-08_monarda-bradburiana.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Monarda bradburiana, North America native (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012638799-Q8BY915UQNQE49WAU503/2024-06-14_primula.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Primula bulleesiana/Candelabra primrose (Copy) Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617134885-BH100MQQ0S6M9442JSM5/thalictrum-black-stockings-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617171854-J1NTJ1TJCHGNIJ9E80XO/thalictrum-pubescens-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Thalictrum pubescens, native/local ecotype (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746616951938-5T74W2OB8A5MQ35ZZO44/trollius-laxus-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Trollus laxus, native (Copy) Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617024202-9JEE9BLP1PZ1LTP9S3H1/trollius-golden-queen-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Trollius 'Golden Queen' globeflower (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617833737-UDA7ZOURVDRJAICSTN8D/scutellaria-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Scutellaria 'Appalachian Blues'/Downy skullcap, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617740696-LU5365LZ5NB4WLV2NTGB/solidago-rugosa-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Solidago rugosa/Rough goldenrod, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617752666-5BUBREML87ZCPP4Y1HUN/solidago-sempervirens.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Solidago sempervirens/Seaside goldenrod, native (Copy) Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617226106-DQ4JC1SQOHGEPMSJQJ1L/spigelia-ruland.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Spigelia 'Little Redhead', North America native (Copy) Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1747150986063-V7AMMNGSX2SX8L9WLTNB/2021-07-01_verbena-hastata-bee.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Verbena hastata with yarrow 'Moonshine' (Copy) Photo credit: Barb Young https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2027-03-03-nashua-garden-club monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6da400de-dbc0-4f60-baea-407712d7edae/2019-09-03_moss-clover-fungus.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694092850090-L7FWY41UEGHQK6VY72W0/2023-07-01_moss-alchemilla-mollis.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Mixed moss garden with ferns and shade loving perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cafa5348-4900-4fb3-80ef-c2b51c148162/moss-fern-bonsai.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Live moss and fern planter https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/10/16/allium-bub-sale monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d4004a19-277f-4d13-9c4a-ed806894a0e3/houde-drumstick-stipa.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ed173721-a092-4213-ba62-842228eb8a89/allium-schubertii.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/21ab3b06-c266-4c2c-b5c6-834767926658/2020_06-09_allium-eremurus.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8d12f30a-eb23-4e01-8a4b-bdd1f88f4445/allium-sedum.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/10/15/allium-bub-sale monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d4004a19-277f-4d13-9c4a-ed806894a0e3/houde-drumstick-stipa.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ed173721-a092-4213-ba62-842228eb8a89/allium-schubertii.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/21ab3b06-c266-4c2c-b5c6-834767926658/2020_06-09_allium-eremurus.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8d12f30a-eb23-4e01-8a4b-bdd1f88f4445/allium-sedum.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/10/13/allium-bub-sale monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d4004a19-277f-4d13-9c4a-ed806894a0e3/houde-drumstick-stipa.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ed173721-a092-4213-ba62-842228eb8a89/allium-schubertii.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/21ab3b06-c266-4c2c-b5c6-834767926658/2020_06-09_allium-eremurus.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8d12f30a-eb23-4e01-8a4b-bdd1f88f4445/allium-sedum.jpg Events - Allium Bub Sale! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/10/11/free-bulb-workshop monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1756940829795-2IILJHB8IVIR0CSZ6QRK/allium-schubertii.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - Allium 'Schubertii' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1756940979938-1BLUOVLYVVVXWSYXZ0GO/allium-persian-blue-west-garden.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - Allium, mixed varieties with tulips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1756941096093-Y7901X8UINDMR26C8JSD/allium-stipa-2022-07-08.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - Drumstick allium with Mexican feather grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360136682-QZNA472IYKQ5QWWLMBOP/2025-09-10_bulb-supplies1.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-supplies1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360115528-FAMSMH5XHPWJ7IAE5063/2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-darwin-dafeng.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-darwin-dafeng.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360148662-ZD6QFVXFPKHC1LEGI95F/2025-09-10_bulb-crocus-remembrance.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-crocus-remembrance.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360122791-573L8CFIH0ATI4OFXXDC/2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-blushing-beauty.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-blushing-beauty.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360163623-XTH3PH1MMBNU5PY6CYTU/2025-09-10_bulb-hyacinth-blue-jacket.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-hyacinth-blue-jacket.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360128341-XC9VF52XN75LKL8N2CFR/2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-black-parrot.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-tulip-black-parrot.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360142375-W5CNCDCH1EIDHLBT8LE5/2025-09-10_bulb-hyacinth-jan-bos.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-hyacinth-jan-bos.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1759360155389-QA5GBC7AJAX9TIMSQBBO/2025-09-10_bulb-crocus.jpg Events - Free Bulb Planting Workshop - 2025-09-10_bulb-crocus.jpg https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/9/2/ecological-stewardship monthly 0.5 2025-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1754234109940-K783CTVYW15KKDJ4N6TC/filipendula.jpg Events - Ecological Gardening & Stewardship - Make it stand out Bumblebees sleeping on filipendula in The Big Little Garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025-09-08-milford-garden-club monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6da400de-dbc0-4f60-baea-407712d7edae/2019-09-03_moss-clover-fungus.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025-08-05-dublin-garden-club monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6da400de-dbc0-4f60-baea-407712d7edae/2019-09-03_moss-clover-fungus.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2026-05-05-groton-garden-club monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6da400de-dbc0-4f60-baea-407712d7edae/2019-09-03_moss-clover-fungus.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694092850090-L7FWY41UEGHQK6VY72W0/2023-07-01_moss-alchemilla-mollis.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Mixed moss species with ferns and shade loving perennials in The Big Little Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/7ecdd70a-6d6c-48b2-8d6e-3e378f70a783/2025-05-13_moss-trillium-arisaema.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Moss garden, The Big Little Garden, with native trillium and arisaema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cafa5348-4900-4fb3-80ef-c2b51c148162/moss-fern-bonsai.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Live moss and fern planter https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/7/27-private-garden-tour monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1752282793247-D0UN9LVGTNNTOH6YYZ1K/2025-07-11_hummingbird-kniphofia.JPG Events - Private Garden Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2026/06/18-private-garden-tour monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707663360360-WUS1GMYJRYZ8OJ8SFXFD/2023-07-09_poppy-white.jpg Events - Private Garden Tour ~ Barrington Bloomers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025-06-03-moss-gardening monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6da400de-dbc0-4f60-baea-407712d7edae/2019-09-03_moss-clover-fungus.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/5/20/no-mow-may-science-cafe-nh monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/589204b5-4583-4d94-92a0-7f492c7c4a87/2025-no-mow-may.jpg Events - 'No Mow May', Science Cafe NH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/4/25/native-plant-talk-nashua-farmers-exchange monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745592446112-OZRRKUWV37YAQDCXANGT/erigeron-lynnhaven-carpet.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Erigeron pulchellus, aka 'daisy fleabane' Photo credit: North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746481303336-CGMKYDSADGZQFVGLRXIN/eupatorium-fistulosum_north-creek-nurseries.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Eupatorium fistulosum, aka Joe Pye Weed Photo credit: North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745592446230-EZI02KJMLN9K4DGO8IKP/new-england-aster-purple-dome.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - New England aster 'Purple Dome' Photo credit: North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745592446968-39KV0FOGE60WIPQUUAHQ/coreopsis-red-thread.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Coreopsis 'Red Satin' Photo credit: North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745592402292-TGTFGKY7J5YAFEC78VQG/2024-08-02_bumblebee-thalictrum-closeup.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Bumblebee on native thalictrum Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745592381570-PD6MXQJWUDKPKHGWICRI/2024-08-30_american-lady-caterpillar-antennaria-plantaginoides.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - American Lady caterpillar on host plant antennaria (Pussytoes) Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b95e214e-e33a-4965-a7f0-ee2669fc9d12/2025-05-06_stonepost-kate-travis2.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk @ Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Make it stand out Kate & Travis shopping for cool plants at Stonepost Nursery! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/4/9-bristol-garden-club monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/36c29cc0-9137-4d76-ad82-54b461b275d4/2024-06-24_yarrow-garden2.jpg Events - Bristol Garden Club of R.I. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/3/22-unh-cooperative-extension-spring-symposium monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/7/23-private-garden-tour monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1740674837603-WQVRV36O8HTH7Q1S4EZX/2019-09-15_monarch-jeana-phlox-grass2.jpg Events - Private Garden Tour ~ Hookset Garden Club - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/05/31-plant-sale monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/44efb28f-c82c-4c26-aaea-c024c5209f15/2024-06-01_chh-plant-sale-customers.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748184380407-BT3DAI0PYV5BA80Y5G9O/sue-hope-quilts2.jpeg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Quilters, Sue & Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748184008590-NQF510P07S35UYK578AJ/quiltCHH8950.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Sue's 'Disappearing Friends Star' quilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748184033902-92UULTPQMYRRZ8BIZRW8/quiltCHH8936.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Hope's 'Triple Star' quilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c47fd295-be9c-426a-b931-2b2743759959/bluebird-house.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Handmade bluebird houses. Pine sourced in Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cafa5348-4900-4fb3-80ef-c2b51c148162/moss-fern-bonsai.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Moss & fern bonsai (a variety of shapes & sizes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/977cf175-7040-45f1-9c62-0cf091f39212/deb-wiseman-cards.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Greeting cards from our garden volunteer: Deb Wiseman Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617975072-UIJ5ET367VZPZL6IVEGK/agastache-blue-fortune-08-21-east-bed.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Agastache 'Blue Fortune', hybrid Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012922548-2SXML0BAQH9H6PWJR7ON/allium-summer-beauty-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Allium 'Summer Beauty' Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012173720-ZONB10E211O9EVWRQE40/2020-06-06_amsonia-bugbane.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Amsonia hubrichtii Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746013043909-306D7V5C0KBTULYITL9F/anemone-virginiana-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Anemone virginiana, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618173580-NATSP73QU7P4BNKZI0BS/aruncus+aethusifolius-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aruncus aethusifolius, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618382257-SR93BVAUGNGPPIQHKNSN/asclepias-incarnata-tblg.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Asclepias incarnata/swamp milkweed, native Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581023225-LILZSC9OM2I3DMSGG3IZ/new-england-aster-purple-dome.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’/New England aster Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618432529-MU9UQKXOD5Q6WIE72CAL/aster+lateriflorus.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Aster lateriflorus, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012461328-EA6GN1Z36VR4YT2RHYEH/Athyrium-f.f.-Lady-in-Red.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Athyrium 'Lady in Red', North America native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581024069-1YE2L47XCTCDLI32HDNG/coreopsis-red-thread.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Coreopsis ‘Red Satin’ for summer, nativar image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746276598314-CC9DDB1ZSFJ0SGZXK1Z7/Dalea-purpurea-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Dalea purpurea, 'Purple Prairie Clover', US native Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1745581023357-5DZKLLK44FOXD2I9JMQO/erigeron-lynnhaven-carpet.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Erigeron pulchellus, daisy fleabane, native groundcover image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746013349429-GROYXA0ANC5XNGNH4CS5/2023-06-11_gillenia.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Gillenia trifoliata, native Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746276280749-Y5GPOQAG9H4FXNEC82TT/Lobelia-cardinalis-Black-Truffle_vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Lobelia cardinalis 'Black Truffle', natural selection Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746618776896-LE7F0L16I76VGE93DCMI/Lobelia-s.v.-siphilitica-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Lobelia siphilitica/Great Blue Lobelia, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012292057-E2J5N1IGAXP3MNAPMJ78/2022_07-12_raspberry-wine-asclepias-cinderella.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine', hybrid Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012319262-K3XNYDW1JUSZNWLMBJKR/2022-06-08_monarda-bradburiana.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Monarda bradburiana, North America native Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746012638799-Q8BY915UQNQE49WAU503/2024-06-14_primula.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Primula bulleesiana/Candelabra primrose Photo credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617134885-BH100MQQ0S6M9442JSM5/thalictrum-black-stockings-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617171854-J1NTJ1TJCHGNIJ9E80XO/thalictrum-pubescens-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Thalictrum pubescens, native/local ecotype Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746616951938-5T74W2OB8A5MQ35ZZO44/trollius-laxus-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Trollus laxus, native Photo credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617024202-9JEE9BLP1PZ1LTP9S3H1/trollius-golden-queen-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Trollius 'Golden Queen' globeflower Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617833737-UDA7ZOURVDRJAICSTN8D/scutellaria-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Scutellaria 'Appalachian Blues'/Downy skullcap, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617740696-LU5365LZ5NB4WLV2NTGB/solidago-rugosa-vbn.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Solidago rugosa/Rough goldenrod, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617752666-5BUBREML87ZCPP4Y1HUN/solidago-sempervirens.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Solidago sempervirens/Seaside goldenrod, native Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1746617226106-DQ4JC1SQOHGEPMSJQJ1L/spigelia-ruland.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Spigelia 'Little Redhead', North America native Image credit: Barb Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1747150986063-V7AMMNGSX2SX8L9WLTNB/2021-07-01_verbena-hastata-bee.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Verbena hastata with yarrow 'Moonshine' Photo credit: Barb Young https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2025/2/1/winterseedsowing monthly 0.5 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1738338115675-GCU3ICS33Y7BN4HFKJWW/2024_01-21_seed-tray.jpg Events - Winter Seed Sowing Event - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/11/1/planning-your-landscape-challenges-opportunities monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/40bc96e1-a995-4198-a302-9b5de0325096/2024-10-31_unhmg.jpg Events - Planning Your Landscape ~ Challenges & Opportunities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/11/1/moss-gardening monthly 0.5 2025-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730496325641-DCS4JEO5DE6S8CDBEDX7/2024-11-01_moss-gardening.jpg Events - Magical, Mystical Moss - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/10/02 monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c0e2d0c0-88d0-4d8a-ac9a-ae0834e91750/2024-10-02_nashua-garden-club.jpg Events - Presentation to Nashua Garden Club - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/6/15/native-plant-talk monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1718752772442-GY201V3QP26OM4361379/2023-07-23_bumbles-filipendula.jpg Events - Native Plant Talk at Nashua Farmers' Exchange - Make it stand out Bumblebees on native filipendula, ‘Queen of the Prairie’ https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/7/12/private-tour monthly 0.5 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/58bb9efe-ce41-4432-9695-5b71aa9ecaab/2023-07-01_penstemon-red-rocks.jpg Events - Private Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/6/1/plant-sale monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694866125814-IYD3H7SYKZ1WT9VGNHQF/2023-09-01_pycnathemum-castor-bean.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8453dd86-d73b-4e27-89b0-a26189ff05a2/2019-10-02_bumblebee-goldenrod.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e38c3487-c72f-40c2-90c7-7de93f69a2ea/2023-07-08_veronicastrum.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/3df66e5f-f159-460a-bc12-3e8eb73d06c5/mason-bee-poppy.jpg Events - Plant Sale to Benefit Community Hospice House Gardens - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/6/12/private-tour-milford-garden-club monthly 0.5 2024-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d7797ad3-cad0-4bc0-9146-7f0e55377115/2023-06-17_primula-bulleesiana-east-bed.jpg Events - Private Tour ~ Milford Garden Club - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2024/6/23/garden-tour-to-benefit-symphony-new-hampshire monthly 0.5 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/74f5c000-9eb9-424c-a7b1-0b58c76facca/Gardentour24-lo-web2.jpg Events - Public Garden Tour ~ Benefitting Symphony New Hampshire - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ac231be8-c9cf-40f0-ab3f-dc0b78d0607d/2024-06-17_east-garden-caterpillars.jpg Events - Public Garden Tour ~ Benefitting Symphony New Hampshire - Make it stand out East garden is peaking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/04bed764-7a9c-480a-8669-526e692c539e/PXL_20211203_152757842+%281%29.jpg Events - Public Garden Tour ~ Benefitting Symphony New Hampshire - Make it stand out Polymer clay on glass by Galina Szakacs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e3c06fd2-1d31-4102-bece-8b714b431c78/deb-weisman1.jpg Events - Public Garden Tour ~ Benefitting Symphony New Hampshire - Make it stand out Photography by Deb Wiseman https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2023/9/7/amherst-garden-club-private-tour monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/92b83004-2250-42f0-b0c8-dbe25b413143/moss-garden-plantings Events - Amherst Garden Club Private Tour - Make it stand out The Big Little Garden moss installation with shade perennials and groundcovers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d1f17613-f0dc-4099-89c2-63727ec3d6c6/moss-brunnera-ferns-primula Events - Amherst Garden Club Private Tour - Make it stand out Moss garden with spring blooming brunnera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/168ae15d-627f-4be2-bf74-93ce64e9923d/2022-11-02_galina-moss.jpg Events - Amherst Garden Club Private Tour - Make it stand out Client moss garden installed late fall, 2022 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2023/6/24/garden-conservancy-open-days-the-big-little-garden monthly 0.5 2023-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a532d966-9cde-4c97-b4f7-f16cf31582ca/gc-logo.jpg Events - Garden Conservancy Open Days and Plant Sale @ The Big Little Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/75a2d5d9-86ac-45b5-82f2-30d1e76e2c03/2023-05-23_erigeron.jpg Events - Garden Conservancy Open Days and Plant Sale @ The Big Little Garden - Make it stand out Mexican fleabane in old birdbath container https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/77aea1d5-0fbb-4bf6-b5c6-6ca76718550e/2023-06-04_coral-fountain.jpg Events - Garden Conservancy Open Days and Plant Sale @ The Big Little Garden - Make it stand out Disappearing fountain in Mr. Peanut garden bed https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2022/10/10/annual-bulb-sale-day1 monthly 0.5 2022-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6bf9c361-3245-4402-a56e-3afbf73c4613/allium-stipa-2022-07-08.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Make it stand out Allium sphaerocephalon, aka ‘Drumstick’ allium bobs and weaves through the gentle waves of stipa tenuissima grass in a client’s garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427585101-MMVFYMN9DAFKAFCHL4Z4/jetfire.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Jetfire, 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947075352-0Q9C8TSUAHBCGFK3PSUI/tete-a-tete.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Tete a Tete 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425294792-0XVJ03TLX1RBFOZZMG0K/daffodil-bumblebee.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Tete a Tete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427640641-APDUVMR0IPCBJ3SN8PH7/elka-narcissus.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Elka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947306753-218PFOPTOIZ8KYBGE2QZ/tazetta-cragford.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Tazetta Cragford, 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947211030-8M41MGVWZYFS5TU8Q46J/pueblo-daffodil.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Pueblo, 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947395231-X9H7BVOT83EUNCLVS8KB/golden-dawn.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Golden Dawn, 14" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428377764-A12IDIJZNI5R1912K4U8/tulip-lilac-wonder.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Lilac Wonder Tulipa bakeri Lilac Wonder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428451591-O1Y8E378Z8QMFZZ9TWU7/tulip-little-beauty.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Little Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428295392-OPFNP0NDLTLBPUHCT77M/persian-pearl-tulip.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Persian Pearl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665922341474-XDDMMVTLFGV7S7L6TIKF/tulip-bronze-charm.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Bronze Charm (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665922290207-QIGRMB5HJNK4IZKMHE3Y/tulip-peppermint-stick.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Peppermint Stick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425378658-2FDJ8EXH7WOPPD25EXQF/allium-christophii.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Christophii, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425148199-WFKKJQ2U5HFJWYYPP215/2018_07-04_christophii-sedum.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Christophii, July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427719890-D0IB2YDC9UD16NZAO5C5/2021-05-24_allium-mailbox.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - mixed allium, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425214419-UC02WUJUDS3B9109TQMS/2020-05-28_persian-blue-mailbox.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Persian Blue & Mt. Everest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425344138-XYYECVPWD81FXE7EZERL/2020-05-24-allium-boulder-bed.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Purple Sensation, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425248525-03LK3WIX22JEY2KQCTOP/2020-06-14_med-bells.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Mediterranean bells, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425321930-NCEJAJ0FW33KDOE23HRP/2020-06-09_allium-yarrow.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Atropurpureum, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665921987789-02T3K4AVDKEZE8L33ON8/allium-jeannine.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Jeannine, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425406973-MBFM2Q750073YNBR4ATV/allium-white-giant.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Nigrum, July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665921898994-S6SMV599PV3BTF5CCLEA/allium-violet-beauty.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - Violet Beauty, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425455196-QAV72I2AR2JEBRDOLGE3/allium-sphaerocephalon.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Saturday, Oct 29th - drumstick allium https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2022/10/10/annual-bulb-sale-day2 monthly 0.5 2022-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6bf9c361-3245-4402-a56e-3afbf73c4613/allium-stipa-2022-07-08.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Make it stand out Allium sphaerocephalon, aka ‘Drumstick’ allium bobs and weaves through the gentle waves of stipa tenuissima grass in a client’s garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427585101-MMVFYMN9DAFKAFCHL4Z4/jetfire.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Jetfire, 8" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947662634-TBYM170UDUBKX30ZJEZW/tete-a-tete.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Tete a Tete, 7" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425294792-0XVJ03TLX1RBFOZZMG0K/daffodil-bumblebee.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Tete a tete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427640641-APDUVMR0IPCBJ3SN8PH7/elka-narcissus.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Elka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947704405-DKVSK9D883D34XEBAF8V/tazetta-cragford.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Tazetta Cragford, 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947719223-8VLHU4N1MO5R0CRFDGKO/pueblo-daffodil.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Pueblo, 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665947690703-BUG59A16SE0VMRC2288Z/golden-dawn.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Golden Dawn, 14" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428295392-OPFNP0NDLTLBPUHCT77M/persian-pearl-tulip.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Persian Pearl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428451591-O1Y8E378Z8QMFZZ9TWU7/tulip-little-beauty.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Little Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665428377764-A12IDIJZNI5R1912K4U8/tulip-lilac-wonder.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Lilac Wonder Tulipa bakeri Lilac Wonder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665922341474-XDDMMVTLFGV7S7L6TIKF/tulip-bronze-charm.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Bronze Charm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665922290207-QIGRMB5HJNK4IZKMHE3Y/tulip-peppermint-stick.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Peppermint Stick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425378658-2FDJ8EXH7WOPPD25EXQF/allium-christophii.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Christophii, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425148199-WFKKJQ2U5HFJWYYPP215/2018_07-04_christophii-sedum.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Christophii, July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665427719890-D0IB2YDC9UD16NZAO5C5/2021-05-24_allium-mailbox.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - mixed allium, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425214419-UC02WUJUDS3B9109TQMS/2020-05-28_persian-blue-mailbox.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Persian Blue & Mt. Everest, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425344138-XYYECVPWD81FXE7EZERL/2020-05-24-allium-boulder-bed.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Purple Sensation, early June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425248525-03LK3WIX22JEY2KQCTOP/2020-06-14_med-bells.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Mediterranean bells, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425321930-NCEJAJ0FW33KDOE23HRP/2020-06-09_allium-yarrow.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Atropurpureum, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665921987789-02T3K4AVDKEZE8L33ON8/allium-jeannine.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Jeannine, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425406973-MBFM2Q750073YNBR4ATV/allium-white-giant.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Nigrum, July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665921898994-S6SMV599PV3BTF5CCLEA/allium-violet-beauty.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - Violet Beauty, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1665425455196-QAV72I2AR2JEBRDOLGE3/allium-sphaerocephalon.jpg Events - Annual Bulb Sale ~ Sunday, Oct 30th - drumstick allium https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2020/10/17/huge-bulb-sale-trfxg monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602688806439-G0IJEZAAKAH5CVUZ7V2J/eremurus-allium.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 Eremurus spires rise above the sea of allium balls in a mixed perennial border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686268949-V2MUIVZL7JATUS2PZ148/2020-04-08-tri-colored-crocus-native-bee.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Tri-colored crocus (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602689451907-W6K52FK31RO1O4NWMQIX/galanthus.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Snowdrops (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602688015721-0HEWTVCGJ2JR6JCP6HAO/erythroneum.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Dog-tooth violets (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686258367-WDM6NDDF9KBTSX4O88T9/2020-03-03_iris-pot.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Miniature iris (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602687952534-WNJ7G0M3T7TRCF8261ZF/narcissus-gravel-garden.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Miniature daffodils (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602687963099-KJQKSCZTPXFWHWNI0D52/daffodil-bumblebee.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Daffodil with bumblebee (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686839525-LAHIY9VR26ILE7T5GPA1/blue-spectacle.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Tulipa 'Blue Spectacle' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686086719-FQX9GT6UE0XEC7R9DAKV/2020-05-30-eastbed2.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Gladiator' tower over early spring garden (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686115489-UQ2U308CIK53X57RWCIR/2020-06-09_foxtail2.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Miami' and eremurus 'Romance' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602689001119-MMFDDQU921834V5UEXH7/allium-white-giant.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'White Giant' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686128681-JM3OMG4N3V7H6KD68ZTK/2020-06-09_foxtail-closeup.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Eremurus 'Romance' floral structure (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686138383-C29TCCJJ219HU5B7YO2X/2020-06-14_eremurus-orange-flower-closeup.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Eremurus 'Orange Marmalade' floral structure (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602687095634-62M5C717YRCAE335OGHW/queen-of-night.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Tulipa 'Queen of Night' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686149159-3I5QSUG7FPDZHP2YPBD3/2020-06-14_mediterranean-bells.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium/Mediterranean Bells (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686284796-DRCU9FW6G8385F7984LQ/allium-schubertii.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Schubertii' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602687228462-DDHS1N81REH9K48DCD9R/white-triumphator.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Tulipa 'White Triumphator' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686952988-AS5AO44PJON12UEENWAA/allium-gladiator.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Gladiator' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686992748-0EG58QIXSD77WV3FMBD6/allium-ambassador.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Globemaster' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602689550196-8YDQAYNPWVDNWTX5DQ8A/allium-nigrum.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Allium 'Nigrum' (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602688034957-XJE5WM6K1UI0W9WFDBHD/allium-sphaerocephalon.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 2 - Drumstick allium (Copy) https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/events/2020/10/17/huge-bulb-sale monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602690403860-PDOB0068QCJPGWGZFZ2V/eremurus-allium.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 Eremurus spires tower above allium orbs in the early June garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686268949-V2MUIVZL7JATUS2PZ148/2020-04-08-tri-colored-crocus-native-bee.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Tri-colored crocus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602689451907-W6K52FK31RO1O4NWMQIX/galanthus.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Snowdrops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602688015721-0HEWTVCGJ2JR6JCP6HAO/erythroneum.jpg Events - 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Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Allium 'Miami' and eremurus 'Romance' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602689001119-MMFDDQU921834V5UEXH7/allium-white-giant.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Allium 'White Giant' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686128681-JM3OMG4N3V7H6KD68ZTK/2020-06-09_foxtail-closeup.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Eremurus 'Romance' floral structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686138383-C29TCCJJ219HU5B7YO2X/2020-06-14_eremurus-orange-flower-closeup.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Eremurus 'Orange Marmalade' floral structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602687095634-62M5C717YRCAE335OGHW/queen-of-night.jpg Events - Huge Bulb Sale ~ Day 1 - Tulipa 'Queen of Night' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1602686149159-3I5QSUG7FPDZHP2YPBD3/2020-06-14_mediterranean-bells.jpg Events - 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Eranthis hyemalis, Winter Aconite: First to bloom in early April https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491093473775-TR2MCA4HPF8SDW6IVF7T/aquilegia-moss-garden.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Aquilegia: Early spring blooming & long lasting, this blue columbine heralds another season in the moss garden and is an important early food source for native bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521395778650-N9FOW2I46D0BR401CNN7/2016-04-hellebores.png Spring Garden Gallery - Hellebores: emerging in April from woodland leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521839779163-0X1YKZ63AMHDYUKXK1YI/2017-05-02-early-spring-ferns.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Sensitive Fern emerges with trillium, mosses and solomon's seal in the early spring shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521395763935-JXHH8IFWWJF6KMSNQDGN/2016-04-bloodroot-in-bloom.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex': Double bloodroot in full bloom on April 24th. Bloodroot is native to eastern North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521392969364-PL13F6AGMSLOY56M5N0K/2016-05-bloodroot.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex': Double bloodroot is prized for early bloom, followed by stunning, bold foliage. Shown here on May 7th, beginning to lose its bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521396762454-BN8VJUOX4V6HVXBHKOJG/dryopteris-fiddleheads.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Dryopteris: Male wood fern unfurls its fiddleheads in early May in the shade garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1525645741774-JTXZT5IBNBP33I3UNEE1/2018-05-06-tulips-moss.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Calypso tulips among emerging fiddleheads in moss garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1525646270550-NPUXQ3JD1FTMQ4PSO50Y/2018-05-04-marsh-marigold.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold) first week of May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612984010062-36F88Q5BB8YONSWBPKM1/2020-06-01_jacks.jpg Spring Garden Gallery Jack-in-the-pulpits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521480089421-FQJN4EZV9CEC4ZTJSPMN/2017-04-23-harry-catmint.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Cat with Catmint: Harry guards his early patch of Nepeta. Catmint arrives quickly in April, blooms profusely all summer, and persists through November's killing frost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1525646106507-YN26D8OYV8Z1630YRWJT/2018-05-06-orange-epimedium.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Epimedium 'Orange Queen' first week of May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521396762930-IFYRT2BZ8QIX8ADUDE18/pulsatilla-vulgaris.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Pulsatilla vulgaris: European pasque flower is beyond charming in the early May boulder garden. Thrives in afternoon filtered sun underneath the pee gee hydrangea that has yet to leaf out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521397780824-5KXAY01HZ12R4XN7GLPS/2017-05-03-uvularia.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Uvularia grandiflora: Yellow merrybells appear early and continue to spread throughout the season, resulting in gorgeous green mounds of pleated foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521400576482-X7PP0MINM394QUZBR57N/2017-05-07-brunerra-jack-frost.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Brunnera 'Jack Frost': Gorgeous variegated foliage is topped with clouds of dainty blue flowers. Long lasting bloom starting here in early May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521397975494-FOPOQD6PL79UAIVIEM0V/2017-05-07-uvularia-bleeding-heart.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Uvularia and bleeding hearts in dappled sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521400664325-QJJAVR19SRYKOLQG1D25/2017-05-08-empress-wu-hosta.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Empress Wu Hosta: New leaves emerging among lamium in dry woodland shade in May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521401021008-M9CXVU4UF0TAWG5ZXIM4/2017-05-11-tiarella-ginger.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Tiarella cordifolia 'Elizabeth Oliver': Petite flower spikes shoot up before foliage develops. Fresh asarum foliage shines in the background with moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491097531952-82AXSY5TW1MTHE422FS1/epimedium-grandiflorum.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Epimedium grandiflorum: One of my favorite woodland perennials. So delicate in appearance, but tough as nails and once established, it will spread with ease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1494038039187-UJPCNHD2X2G07JSVGTVP/epimedium-queen-esta.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Epimedium 'Queen Esta': "Eppies" are eagerly anticipated in early spring with heart-shaped foliage and spider-like blooms. Purple foliage continues to grow in upward layers after blooms fade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491084303186-3E6YW9YCDCHHCVMURZGD/dicentra-spectabilis-vinca.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Dicentra spectabilis: Nothing is more charming in the garden than Bleeding Hearts interplanted with ephemerals and ground cover. Here, the purple/blue flowers of Vinca Vine heighten the pink hearts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1494028618367-8A8DL9FB9MCLTKI944IB/lathyrus-purple.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Lathyrus vernus: Spring bush pea is slightly larger than my pink variety in a different garden. Shown here in full bloom while solomon's seal, heuchera and grasses are still waking up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521398183212-2VF7EF85FGGZLJHK9Q1O/2017-05-lathyrus-bush-pea-pod.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Lathyrus vernus: Spring bush pea dropping blooms and favor of pods. Early May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521398715877-XHUU0Q58HJWQ3358ZV3D/2017-05-08-lamium-heuchera.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Lamium 'yellow archangel' & purple leaved heuchera emerge in early May. Lamium is just beginning to flower in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612984178570-9RG77HLW7CAPLLKZISGA/2020-05-30_thalictrum-ferns-primula.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Primula, ferns, thalictrum in the moss garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491096930185-DIISRF9X14EUJSWHVBU5/lamium-yellow-archangel.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Lamium yellow archangel: Early spring blooming lamium in dappled sunlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521401257851-G3KK8LQ46BJAWIF8SK5E/2017-05-12-sweet-woodruff-bishops-weed-ground-cover.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Sweet Woodruff & Bishops Weed: Two very aggressive ground covers converge in mid May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521397485724-YRYZQV41HND8TVCYYPC5/2017-05-02-alchemilla-mollis-rain.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Alchemilla mollis: Fresh lady's mantle leaves are so beautiful in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491086976870-KPI19TWXE38I2QTMJ273/polygonatum-odoratum-shade-bed.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Polygonatum odoratum: Spring blooming solomon's seal takes center stage while heuchera, hosta, ferns and tulips have yet to reach full size for the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491083017938-5F50F1HPKYRXA6FUVZP2/solomons-seal.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Solomon's Seal close-up: A reliable early Spring riser that quickly covers a large area in my shade garden. White bells dangle from arching variegated foliage that lasts until first frost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521477246293-7ASDM8L8NCCUB65QG1AM/tulips-red-tall.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Red Tulips: These stately May blooming tulips help to define and soften the boulder wall. The daylilies behind will soon grow to camouflage the dying tulip foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491097451282-69DIE2IAT8RAAL5Y8XJ4/empress-wu-hosta.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Empress Wu hosta: Early spring emergence of this large blue hosta set against a canvas of blooming vinca vine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1494032433377-D9O7B8MQ1DIZWQKJSH2G/gillenia-solomon-seal.jpg Spring Garden Gallery - Gillenia trifoliata: Bowman's root is an easy care, reliable bloomer. The white star shaped flowers sway with the softest breeze.  Thriving here in late spring under our large white birch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694258115382-8PECRS0RGF4UH53VJ17A/image-asset.jpeg Spring Garden Gallery https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-12-28 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2025/10/12/allium-bulb-sale-leave-leaves-japanese-garden-tour monthly 0.5 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8d12f30a-eb23-4e01-8a4b-bdd1f88f4445/allium-sedum.jpg Garden Talk - allium bulb sale, leaving the leaves, a wedding & japanese garden fun! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1760186438833-OYVBNN7FFOILA7KQER8F/allium-stipa-2022-07-08.jpg Garden Talk - allium bulb sale, leaving the leaves, a wedding & japanese garden fun! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ed173721-a092-4213-ba62-842228eb8a89/allium-schubertii.jpg Garden Talk - 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gardener evolution ~ a new way of seeing - Make it stand out Eloise Gayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6e0cdd73-c9a0-4bf2-ad47-d2456e0400c8/rowan-nygard.jpg Garden Talk - gardener evolution ~ a new way of seeing - Make it stand out Rowan Nygard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b304ff03-a3bd-4316-b34c-2cd5f767a697/jimi-blake.jpeg Garden Talk - gardener evolution ~ a new way of seeing - Make it stand out Jimi Blake, Hunting Brook Gardens, Ireland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/7d975161-39cb-43b0-84d9-d98ae6cb7382/2020-08-30_clover-lawn.jpg Garden Talk - gardener evolution ~ a new way of seeing - Make it stand out Aerial view of our back lawn overseeded with mini clover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/32fe2707-02d6-412b-97bd-c23f84d07913/2020-06-06_clover-closeup.jpg Garden Talk - gardener evolution ~ a new way of seeing - Make it stand out Micro-clover lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8453dd86-d73b-4e27-89b0-a26189ff05a2/2019-10-02_bumblebee-goldenrod.jpg Garden Talk - 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observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Weeping Norway spruce with dwarf conifers and Mexican feather grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1710376999903-JIDF417BVT8CZB1IMS58/2024-03-12_sango-kaku.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Coral bark maple ‘Sango-kaku’ in The Big Little Garden, March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6bd4b6aa-6d98-471b-afd0-7cf358f39b79/2024-01-17_okatsune.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out My trusty Okatsune pruners. Click here to get your own pair! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/36b72395-5025-4b03-8ca9-8a79c5ca12b9/2024-03-10_pre-pruning.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Panicle hydrangea ‘Pinky Winky’ pre-pruning, March, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c38ca0c3-c7ab-47be-9f50-365087853cc0/2024-03-10_post-pruning.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Panicle hydrangea after all of prior year’s growth was removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1710367105817-B6XS0WCOA6FX3H34BAAZ/2024-03-10_cut-stems.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Panicle hydrangea stems show how much growth is achieved in one growing season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1710367243870-QVZ0983E8YGZ8G4ZMYKX/2024-03-12_stem-pile.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Hydrangea cuttings laid on top of garden bed debris to protect overwintering insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/2ed5311c-9eba-482b-b673-3134e122a277/2024-03-10_fern-bed-moss-garden.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Last year’s fern debris creates a soft landing under the tall white pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1710366109531-5OKIJMSRET7NLPXT0EVU/2024-03-10_hellebores.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Hellebores emerge. Now is the time to cut back last year’s foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5f4c054b-36e5-44e9-a104-fc04d1e243f7/2024-03-10_wren-nest.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Wren nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c6008890-b1f4-44f0-b71b-ee93cca14463/2024-03-10_chickadee-nest.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Chickadee nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694179981671-5MTKCY9E07IARD1N7CTS/2020-06-06_amsonia-bugbane.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Amsonia hubrichtii in The Big Little Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/68f5c273-67d3-4bce-826c-b12f9cb6585b/2020-10-20_amsonia-penstemon-west-garden.jpg Garden Talk - observing, pruning, cleaning & planning! - Make it stand out Amsonia hubrichtii develops fall color and contrasts with purple penstemon https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2024-02-09-creating-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f5376884-8e78-47a7-8652-cf5e7e551ae2/2023-09-03_patio-containers-birdhouse-focal-point.jpg Garden Talk - 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giving thanks to the garden and the life within - Make it stand out Sourwood tree foliage in client garden, Oct ‘23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/4e611908-d67b-463c-8d0a-a2f9bb81d2b9/2023-08-01_bunny.jpg Garden Talk - giving thanks to the garden and the life within - Make it stand out Two bunnies https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/9/4/stop-apologizing-engulfed-in-gardens monthly 0.5 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9421c055-b246-4859-b5f6-a0ef7f829c03/2023-09-02_gaura-hot-lips.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Make it stand out Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies’ dances with salvia ‘Hot Lips’ in the east garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/bfa658fb-df4e-4045-8f4e-9a7832ce739b/2023-09-01_ligularia-bumble.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Make it stand out Bumblebee on ligularia in the shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694868184238-V3SW761FJH3PYNM0I9B2/2023-09-01_kitchen.jpg Garden Talk - 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stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Angelica gigas covered with bumblebees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694866072497-08TEX2665VWAJ9S8RQQN/2022-09-07_little-henry.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Rudbeckia 'Little Henry' in mailbox garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694866125814-IYD3H7SYKZ1WT9VGNHQF/2023-09-01_pycnathemum-castor-bean.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Mountain mint with castor bean plant in fence garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694871832833-LZ3L7TVJRG6CJMZIC2U1/dara-bumblebee.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Dara/wild carrot umbellifer with bumblebee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694871846338-EPTJG3EF7GQ56LYIKD6P/2023-09-05_bronze-fennel-agastache.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Bronze fennel umbellifers mingle with purple spikes of agastache 'Blue Boa' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694867179035-NZCAC7VA69OXSZDNUS4L/2023-09-04_west-honeysuckle-hummingbird.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Native honeysuckle is still blooming in west garden and frequented daily by our female hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694867326546-R8EAP89PIE17INNR8CKZ/2023-09-07_clematis.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Sweet autumn clematis on fence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694867338189-KURFRW3RJDRINH2180OP/2023-09-07_gaura-rosey-jane.jpg Garden Talk - stop apologizing for your garden & see what's blooming now! - Gaura 'Rosy Jane' in seating area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694867563071-1PZXJWU3NBP0U7K86080/2023-09-03_persicaria-groundcover.jpg Garden Talk - 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the golden rule of gardening - Make it stand out Adult chickadee returning from hunting insects and caterpillars to feed her young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f4fbfe43-2815-400c-b1d0-a57f9fede14b/skill-crossbones.jpg Garden Talk - the golden rule of gardening - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/7/8/abundance-in-the-garden-blooms-rabbits-and-more-rabbits monthly 0.5 2023-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f92b2004-ed05-42fe-b6e6-5a86357002c9/2023-06-17_primula-bulleesiana-east-bed.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Cheerful primula bulleesiana with hakonechloa and campanula in the shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c1d1e55d-41c5-49cf-904c-7d7eebe1eb8d/2023-07-08_veronicastrum.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Veronicastrum ‘Fascination’ reaches to the sky in the mailbox garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/78641364-999c-4507-8972-6e035fd1af51/2023-07-08_helenium-helianthus-filipendula.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Helenium, helianthus and filipendula rejoice in the sunny south bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e2e422b8-0fef-43a0-bffc-f166bb98e5c5/pic1.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Mother rabbit entertained visitors with her insistence on building a nest in my gravel garden! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/bed52da9-c99b-4bdb-8b14-37ee369c850a/pic3.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Volunteers managed a great event! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b53a2c38-d7b3-41a0-9689-eac7b03f1f01/pic7.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Luckily it was mostly a drizzle and the downpour held off until later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/bf209180-84ec-4835-9aa4-80e54ea1353f/pic8.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Guests shop for plants and tour the gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/817e1478-d56a-40d9-a7d0-558e1980df2d/2023-07-08_astilbe-spigelia.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out Native spigelia marilandica (red & yellow) emerges from the astilbe foliage along patio wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c26ef110-3267-4a21-9bf7-1cc82f4bc6dc/2023-06-21_east-bed.jpg Garden Talk - summer’s bounty, focal points, adapting to change - Make it stand out The east bed plant community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/2a4cc4de-2766-485e-a14d-8b1a74da753b/2023-06-26_poppy-penstemon-achillea-eryngium.jpg Garden Talk - 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planting for abundance ~ empower your landscape to do more! - April erythronium, 'Dog-tooth violets' with ligularia under birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1682274606626-M6BLZ0I9FPW61CDXC1UR/2023-04-16_narcissus-leucojum.jpg Garden Talk - planting for abundance ~ empower your landscape to do more! - April: narcissus with leucojum by arborvitae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1682275038687-HSVDI77K85EN5CP81I62/2023-04-21_narcissus-woods.jpg Garden Talk - planting for abundance ~ empower your landscape to do more! - April: narcissus edge of woods https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/4/6/the-problem-with-bark-mulch monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d18f00d9-9a2c-4a97-91f5-fb2439eae6d5/mulch-volcano.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Make it stand out Avoid the dreaded ‘mulch volcano’!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1681311360530-BN66Q8HFB0D7L96B31M0/2023-04-12_hellebores-leaf-litter.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Hellebores 'Candy Love', 4/12/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1681311360539-DHLYU4IQD5THOJ83XZAX/2023-04-12_jetfire-leaf-litter.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Narcissus 'Jetfire' 4/12/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1681311361865-NK5YOS8T16HV4AQLMZUI/2023-04-12_ligularia-leaf-litter.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Ligularia 'Othello' emerges 4/12/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/35c33e79-6949-4365-a030-30767e9c3e8f/2022-11-29_lawn-bags.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Make it stand out There’s lots of butterfly and firefly eggs in those bags of leaves heading for the land fill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1681308253202-AHFAMYXYNIR6UO5FRXYK/2020-05-24_epimedium-aquilegia-alchemilla-moss.jpg Garden Talk - plants, not bark, are the best mulch - 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plants, not bark, are the best mulch - Sedum 'Fuldaglut' eliminates the need for mulch along the front walkway https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/4/5/april-tips-amp-tour-tix monthly 0.5 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680700612561-1LBJSRSFC12U491CSG1I/2023-04-03_crous.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Make it stand out Crocus emerge through heavy leaf litter and will provide nectar and pollen to early emerging native bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680703112549-G8FBU9WKSJEW3F5R8L35/2023-03-21_okatsune-pruners-clean.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Okatsune pruners ready for cleaning & sharpening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680702855038-Y3XS3L9IPH7QZGJJ4S2F/2023-03-21_hydrangea-pruning.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Hydrangea 'Pinky Winky' pruning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680702815971-BIWQ1OBJWLN78BTIMFH1/2023-03-31_chickadee-house-cleaning.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Cleaning chickadee house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680703012641-JCZ80W7933H14193L5LB/2023-03-29_hellebores-pennys-pink.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Hellebores 'Penny's Pink' emerging among last year's foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a532d966-9cde-4c97-b4f7-f16cf31582ca/gc-logo.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/25d679d5-9111-4661-8bed-b884d1fb6f2f/2022-05-29_jakober-amsonia-salvia.jpg Garden Talk - April Tips & Tour Tix! - Make it stand out Abundant planting of native amsonia, salvia and anemone provide 3 seasons of color and bloom. (click to see project) https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/2/20/tucson-saguaro-national-park monthly 0.5 2023-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d9e531a4-3e77-440f-906b-794fdba2201c/2023-02-08_saguaro-sunset.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Sunset over Saguaro National Park, Feb 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9df007e7-195b-4021-b2f8-0a2de52b242c/mexican-food-sign.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f5dade89-9700-45ef-aa66-9cad4053558c/fairy-duster-bush.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Calliandra eriophylla or ‘Fairy Duster’ bush with saguaro in background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/df9dfcc7-ae92-41e8-b35f-23dfb318ce7a/giant-saguaro.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Giant saguaro, probably close to 200 years of age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b16ae133-0889-4533-af0f-a35d3a1a07ea/saguaro-paloverde.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Saguaro emerge along native paloverde ‘nurse plant’ trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/974c2c26-a3b1-4c8e-9f63-301415a55acf/2023-02-09_javelina-shade.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Javelina rest in the shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/86d72cfa-3d9d-4bb5-88f7-f1618e6bea39/saguaro-carcas.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - Make it stand out Saguaro cactus supports wildlife even after its own death https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/96761c76-8293-432f-a7d8-0d7607a4645a/fairy-duster-bloom.jpg Garden Talk - our magical, mystical desert tour - 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Make it stand out Monarda bradburiana, a native bee balm, is host plant to many native moth species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a54147b6-2467-4605-a196-c985e6b48675/2022-06-08_zizia.jpg Garden Talk - what story does your garden tell? - Make it stand out Zizia aurea, heart-leafed Golden Alexander is a host plant to native swallowtail butterflies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/35c33e79-6949-4365-a030-30767e9c3e8f/2022-11-29_lawn-bags.jpg Garden Talk - what story does your garden tell? - Make it stand out Firefly, butterfly and moth eggs and chrysalides heading to the landfill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d11777df-5b08-4647-92a6-728b1b1e40b4/2021-06-27_centranthus.jpg Garden Talk - what story does your garden tell? - Make it stand out Eastern swallowtail butterfly sipping nectar https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2023/1/21/how-to-make-the-best-garden-yet monthly 0.5 2023-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/7230df2a-4bdd-4ebd-9c57-cb595b69a0ed/2023-01-21_snow-east-bed-shed.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Winter blanket for sleeping insects…this is how I define ‘beauty’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1638397808390-W5D7VC8A2JB41LQ47OIH/2019-06-05_harry-weigela.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Harry had a thing for the weigela blooms every spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/00b93a6f-a2fa-45c6-b088-baf1999a5d09/2022-07-02_dino-graycie.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Best buddies, Graycie & Dino watching the ‘Squirrel Channel’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/eb14c2be-63c2-4162-a53e-fc3a0e3f8861/2021-06-12_bombus-baptisia.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Native bumblebee forages pollen on baptisia bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5118cc5a-1d76-4261-8133-2863d09f5a61/2021-04-05_chickadee-house.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Adult Carolina chickadee heads to the neighbor’s willow tree to pluck a caterpillar for her chicks nesting in the blue house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5bd476ca-c460-4737-8c3b-99920194fb00/2018-08-06-bombus-joe-pye-week.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/73939432-b365-4d37-bb37-ab637e53ba4b/books.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9eb42a94-4cdb-4a1a-a3e5-6a8660ee99b6/2020-07-25_swallowtail-caterpillar-dill.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Swallowtail caterpillar feasts on fennel and dill in the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674695666527-YS8UTMB6K7GA9XQAOSHE/2022-07-08_stipa-allium1.jpg Garden Talk - making 2023 the best gardening year yet! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2022/3/16/tiptoeing-through-the-march-garden monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/50254438-a105-443e-87ba-45dffefe6c6a/2022_03-16_galanthus1.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Galanthus, aka ‘snow drops’ Galanthus, aka ‘snow drops’ emerge through leaf litter in mid-March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1647466432624-VUBDPKAC8QC5CQCAPXPD/2018-09-23_hydrangea-pinky-winky.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Pinky Winky hydrangea summer blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1647466441059-8F0I5CKQBWYV04TC5O8S/2022_03-16_hydrangea-pre-prune.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Pinky Winky before pruning 3/16/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1647466447592-8F01WMHY72NT35GIKRV5/2022_03-16_hydrangea-post-pruning.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Pinky Winky post pruning 3/16/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1647466454490-893YENUG6TRYP5WWVOIY/2022_03-16_hydrangea-cuttings.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Pinky Winky clippings headed for compost pile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a96241d3-cf34-4d8d-91fb-8e44f067e521/2022_03-16_hydrangea-brush-pile.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Make it stand out Brush pile for habitat and carbon for compost pile later in the summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/fee5bdd6-5270-4842-a99d-d7a4b3174c79/2021-04-05_chickadee-house.jpg Garden Talk - Tiptoe Through the March Garden - Busy Chickadees This house is strategically located near a native willow shrub which serves up a never ending supply of live caterpillars which sustain the young until they fledge. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2021/2/16/design-tips-for-building-layers-of-wonder monthly 0.5 2021-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612642992990-5JTU9KU4XO4IHTUECDI7/2019-08-05_jap-maple.jpg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty Layers of interest in the shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612644493717-46FVCAA8V4PVU3GZZE9J/2019-08-05_jap-maple.jpg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty Black and white version of photo at top left https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612645820061-3CU1Q371W7XFKV0MHRZY/2020-10-03_view-from-street.jpg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty Shady berm sports layers of texture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612648973561-P7TCKP78KKQ28PANOCW6/Evans.B_022ret+%281%29.jpeg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612650198596-E7CJPGGET7QN32QKCF5W/kittredge-containers.jpg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612650432294-72O0M2LSX0I0U9JZYOA3/2021-02-06_pinterest-example.jpg Garden Talk - How to Create Layers Upon Layers of Beauty https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2021/1/27/want-more-wonder-in-your-garden-this-year monthly 0.5 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1611269387000-KJ0A0CA640USEJM32OS1/2020-07-04_swallowtail-asclepias.jpg Garden Talk - Truly Wondrous Gardens Begin Here Swallowtail butterfly on asclepias tuberosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1611781125145-5QG2OOB5Z11YB0V0AVYE/india-purry.jpg Garden Talk - Truly Wondrous Gardens Begin Here India and Purry botanical designs https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/11/17/introducing-conversation-with-clay monthly 0.5 2019-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574020071825-YH1S8EY7DL0PPB25JEAV/bowl-trio-workbench.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ Translucent polymer clay creates patterns of color and light on glass bowls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574534608736-D5DWC5HM26Z4CI8VD20S/platter1.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ Glass platter with Klimt-inspired design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574023403607-ITZ6NVYZ0QWIW800WWPW/green-gold-pink-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574023671046-N9GL76OISXLE713RIQEC/retro-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574023444447-XU3R3SY7VEWTBPL4KFP0/blue-red-klimt-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574024042572-Y97UNAK8U5YTCB1FUPLW/red-blue-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027637901-K3O0IU0AZG79DDDRZCEP/retro-bowl-cane.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027571350-9H9CX6YVOBDR8VIREC2M/small-blue-white-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027574357-GRRVE951WEJPQV6RJT8J/small-klimt-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027574357-HMOJV5URTKQJ3WS6Q1K6/two-toned-small-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574533659746-6AVTYWO49TT92M6GYIMF/green-blue-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574533769124-SA30OZSW57YKOWPC7JL1/small-pink-green-pebble-dish.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574533849619-1TO0OZJW56DER40UEK6F/blue-lapis-gold-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574534142195-ITTCV60FQMST3XUY0RQK/gold-band-bowl.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574170063148-TI8XY2II2QZMG7CFD6V5/cane1.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ - Persian rug inspired designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028192707-26P0G0IL8KCN5SUKI5J8/cane2.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ - Intricately designed "canes" awaiting the next step https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028193607-MGK05CKQDN277ZKSLXDD/cane3.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ - Galina's 'Paradox' designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027906772-IMGRKBUE3J59AN3FFT56/small-vase-canes.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ - Glass vase shown with clay 'canes' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574027856459-MRFKGQC0BH0WVJ9PF34M/small-vase-bottom.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ - Closeup of vase detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028707537-LP3PJT2T2N46TP4GX2FD/pendant2.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028707405-O4XY02CS1Q73PNY8D8SV/pendant1.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028709886-YCR6AV2HU0GBNK40L258/pendant3.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028710787-T01TU8TUPK1KBQC5OMYH/pin1.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1574028712033-Z3HYLA3WDLG7ZFJ1YUZD/pin2.jpg Garden Talk - Introducing Dazzling Objets d'Art - from ‘Conversation with Clay’ https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/10/3/october-garden-tips-yellowing-needles-pump-up-the-drama-next-year monthly 0.5 2019-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570038803564-PWDEGT1FVW8NF5EY96MV/2019-10-02_schoodic-jack-pine.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Schoodic' Jack pine Planted in full sun in gravel garden. Low, wide growth habit mixes well with succulents and ornamental grasses above the Goshen stone wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570038937691-O6H4XYKHCWGC0A6O2ZK0/2019-10-02_blue-jay-white-pine.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Blue Jay' white pine Planted summer 2019 in place of an old hydrangea that never bloomed well. Looks stunning in the gravel garden and with pink-red persicaria blooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569852166761-GT2Z5EL45IG0A2C0W3OW/2019-09-29_bergmanii-white-pine-yellowing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Bergman' Japanese white pine Planted in shady berm. Super soft, twisted needles. The blue-green needles look lovely in the winter landscape and contrast beautifully from May-Oct with the variegated Solomon’s Seal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569854521044-2EHVY0ASMXGFCSKWYD6F/2019-09-29_louie-white-pine-yellowing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Louie' white pine Understory planting in shady berm with sugar maple and Green Giant thuja. Contributes to privacy screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569854248119-WFXEOM4DN15DGDZGV2AM/2019-09-30_merrimack-white-pine-yellowing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Merrimack' white pine Planted in 2016 in a mostly shady front foundation specimen. Has doubled in size in 3 years. Super soft needles. A favorite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569852179531-0U66ZK2TT9HUB8I11PJG/2019-09-29_threadleaf-chamaecyparis-yellowing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Filifera' chamaecyparis Planted in a shady corner with evergreen rhododendrons. Provides exceptional privacy and habitat for birds. This specimen would be more yellow if planted in a sunny spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569854234640-I3K0JHTI80KDBCKTN4S9/2019-09-30_fernspray-chamaecyparis-browing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Fernspray' Chamaecyparis Planted in sunny gravel garden in front of massive granite light post. Gorgeous year round with gold tips and green interior. A real statement specimen and improves curb appeal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569854328154-977B049G3DLW93ZQJSQC/2019-09-29_green-giant-thuja-yellowing-needles.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Green Giant' arborvitae Perhaps the fastest growing “green screen” for defining a property line and creating privacy. Ours have doubled in size in under 5 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569935628001-LJ6754MEWVY23CQ4AAYL/white-pine-needlecast-unh.png Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? White pine needlecast damage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857167934-C3JWST56XESP0WZETF17/2019-09-30_hameln-pennisetum.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - 'Hameln' fountain grass Fountain grass provides valuable habitat for insects. Lightening bugs, moths and bees use it to take cover in inclement weather. It looks beautiful even in winter, and helps to soften the natural stone wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857841334-ECF44USMSRTKOTEY5AZM/2019-09-30_hakonechloa-all-gold-plume.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Hakonechloa 'All Gold' Japanese forest grass foliage provides cover for insects and food for birds. It will turn a soft, light brown in late November which I highly to prefer to a “scorched earth” look if I cut it down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857892239-II8QH37LWBI1HWZ8ZCUL/2019-09-30_hakonechloa-macra.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Hakonechloa 'Macra' This Japanese forest grass foliage turns a lovely oat brown in winter and helps to define this woodland edge bed. Hakonechloa will be happier in early spring if it has been allowed to over winter with last year’s foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857122841-2NWNG7B3XK4TWIVIYWFI/2019-09-30_sweet-autumn-clematis.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Clematis 'Autumn Sweet' This clematis is a vigorous, late season pollinator plant, adored by honeybees. It provides habitat and emergency cover from hawks for birds in winter. This is a “type 3” clematis so needs to be cut down severely in April to encourage fresh new growth each spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857149396-S5C7JYW9D7BWAMCUPB8L/2019-09-30_climbing-hydrangea.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Climbing hydrangea Hydrangea petiolaris provides cover for small birds in winter. Come spring time it will be engulfed in fragrant white blooms that are irresistible to native bees. It requires almost no staking and is self-supporting as long as it has something to lean into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569857135962-FLF7FVAU25R6Q0IUSDUR/2019-09-30_major-wheeler-honeysuckle.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Lonicera 'Major Wheeler' Honeysuckle vine provides nectar for hummingbirds in summer, berries for songbirds in fall, and cover for birds and insects in winter. I cut this back in early spring after temps are consistently in the 50’s and bees no longer need it for cover. This is the non-invasive honeysuckle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569862145005-Z8606JDTT9YKBCBXZF3F/2019-09-28_anemone-pamina-tricyrtis-autumn-glow.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Japanese Anemone ‘September Charm’ is a great substitute for the common Mums that are so prevalent in New England in the fall. Read more about anemone here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569871917438-SSSG9MS807DMAO2XJ12D/2019-09-30_tricyrtis-autumn-glow.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Tricyrtis 'Autumn Glow' Also known as ‘toad lily’ this fall charmer is an easy to grow variegated perennial with the most delicate, orchid-like blooms. It performs very well in dappled sun under the blue spruce tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569862160064-TCGYZMDZGV0DV0B39O1P/2019-09-21_sedum-chelone-tricyrtis.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Sedum 'Brilliance' This sedum softens the boulder wall and looks lovely with the late blooming chelone ‘Hot Lips’ and tricyrtis ‘Autumn Glow’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569862134915-7XLW33PYEL01BJRJ44HQ/2019-09-30_pennisetum-hameln.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Pennisetum 'Hameln' My favorite variety of fountain grass. Hameln is just about 30” tall when in bloom and becomes the star of the gravel garden from fall until it disappears under the winter snow piles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569862167378-SMRLDWJFVF0X5DDWCHSR/2019-09-30_goldenrod-fireworks.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Goldenrod 'Fireworks' This solidago variety is a New England native and so very important for our bumblebees. It will provide weeks of pollen when other plants have given up for the season. It makes a dramatic statement in the mixed border and keeps its tall shape better than other varieties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569936173910-YEWZZ6OEMMH2N9WGJ5D1/2019-09-28_persicaria-firetail.jpg Garden Talk - October Garden Tips - Yellowing Pine Needles - Want to Pump Up the Drama Next Year? - Persicaria 'Firetail' Persicaria bloms from mid-July through first frost. It is an important source of nectar for bumblebees. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/9/23/top-3-things-to-do-now-and-3-things-not-to-do monthly 0.5 2019-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569250249558-NCLWLI5N5TU9KQOMHDOD/2019-09-23_monarch-female-phlox.jpg Garden Talk - Top 3 Things to Do - and NOT to Do Now Sept 23: Female Monarch on ‘Jeana’ phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569253147135-0C8RX37QQOL0SQH50MCY/2019-09-23_east-bed.jpg Garden Talk - Top 3 Things to Do - and NOT to Do Now Mid-September decline reveals opportunities for more pots of colorful bulbs or annuals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569254538526-I3E2ATOAODZ4HVDFGKSL/2019-09-22_slow-watering.jpg Garden Talk - Top 3 Things to Do - and NOT to Do Now Newly planted gold fernspray chamaecyparis receives regular supplemental watering in the gravel garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569255736645-Z4S2A5K5FQ3YLUUB5M8N/2019-09-11_coffee-walk-with-harry.jpg Garden Talk - Top 3 Things to Do - and NOT to Do Now Harry loves mornings in the garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/9/21/septembers-soft-seduction-and-gifts-from-the-garden monthly 0.5 2019-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569094235141-I4N2MSVK9HT4ZMZJ3S9X/2019-09-21_dragonfly-dracena-sun.jpg Garden Talk - September's Soft Seduction & Gifts from the Garden Dragonfly warming in the sun on dracena plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569098167305-6SATOF38O3B0CX5BWC1F/2019-09-21_monarch-female-phlox.jpg Garden Talk - September's Soft Seduction & Gifts from the Garden Female Monarch approves of phlox ‘Jeana’, a new addition to the “patio” garden this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569101901708-7EX8TKXZF27SD0B3Z7YJ/2019-09-21_clematis-bacchus.jpg Garden Talk - September's Soft Seduction & Gifts from the Garden ‘Sweet Autumn’ clematis provides essential pollen and nectar from September to late October/early November. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/9/9/monarch-madness monthly 0.5 2019-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568058014214-MIXEHFOBTEDNJEWPNKIH/2019-08-20_monarch-jeana-phlox.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly ‘Jeana’ phlox is frequented by Monarch butterflies in The Big Little Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568148667612-WLGUD31BJ2E6FLXDJYMZ/2019-08-22_monarch-pupa-day1-cropped.png Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly Monarch pupa on Asclepias tuberosa (milkweed) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568058889819-GT6L3ZGOBZMEBVWBK73E/2019-08-19_monarch-caterpillar-pink-milkweed.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 8/19: Host plant 'Swamp Milkweed' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568058920139-W7HG18GASQ0HOMSWXTLM/2019-08-20_monarch-caterpillar-upside-down.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 8/20: Lunch time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568058686328-XX8MBBRWXSGEKKMQTVQC/2019-08-25-monarch-caterpillar.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 8/21: Exploring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568059081226-TQV34JCR7DS6S0MWEKYH/2019-08-22_monarch-j.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 8/22: Preparing to pupate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568059617033-B44M7698MW6N24ZW9P3Y/2019-08-22_monarch-pupa-day1.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 8/22: Pupa on Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568061177638-7CDQ9BMR0DXO5ZLN940N/2019-09-09_monarch-chrysalis_8-05am.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/9: Day 19 8:05 am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568059192269-FRHCTAM8Q2VV4YMPF1TA/2019-09-09_monarch-chrysalis_1-25pm.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/9: Day 19 1:25 pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568149872930-S2JRMHOFFD140KVJJHGK/2019-09-10_monarch-ready-to-hatch.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/10: Day 20 ready to hatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568149157246-PT2IR5MUBSXXCBYB1ABH/2019-09-10_monarch-1minute.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/10: Male @ 1 minute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568149188730-LGJVD8J1EMZ3QQK151VD/2019-09-10_monarch-3hours.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/10: Male @ 3 hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568149278312-QGDHWR9HKZLWO37062MD/2019-09-10_monarch-hydrangea1.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/10: First flight attempt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568149308562-GX79IWUL40VP1CWUJ58W/2019-09-10_monarch-hydrangea2.jpg Garden Talk - Monarch Madness: From caterpillar to pupa to butterfly - 9/10: Monarch on hydrangea https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/4/27/the-excitement-is-palpable monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556415819488-AQKI357OSP4NFF9W69Z9/colorful-bird-houses-crop.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable Chickadees have been showing interest in the new bird houses this spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556542770857-P4LSYEXWALAY0UR79OOG/2019-04-24_harry-stone-wall.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable Harry catching some early sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556542967719-U2LEPWOYOP052R46QPVX/marys-azalea.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable A “borrowed view” - our neighbor’s azalea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556423979174-FYZXVUPIGZDQ3OTM82DZ/mulch-volcanos.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable Dreaded and deadly mulch volcanos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556549584532-VGIN3AQRC1CU0J6MTU4L/2019-04-29-maple-root-flare.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable Make sure not to cover the tree’s “root flare” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1556421789825-NWWH6LCUXGIO7ZCAB77S/2019-04-25-fern2.jpg Garden Talk - Spring Awakening - The Excitement is Palpable Bug’s-eye view of fiddleheads unfurling https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2019/3/26/is-it-dead-or-alive-and-other-burning-garden-questions-answered monthly 0.5 2023-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553614201249-HOY6QMNHGMZ55U6J0HBX/harry-cant-wake-up.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered Harry is comatose by the fire, waiting for Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553616840577-28N70TV75VUHW98AULKE/spring-cleaning-1.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered Last season’s perennials that were left in place to create winter habitat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553615807507-AN7N8NGFEE89F2O7H2P1/ruby-falls-spring-2019.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered - 'Ruby Falls' Redbud, first spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553615813186-DJ4XAHDKWRHF3OSN1MHI/ruby-falls-redbud-scratch-test.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered - Scratch test reveals green cambium Other arrows point to new eruptions where pretty pink blooms will soon appear! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553615795780-6HT8ZK3G698DQ684EMVL/landmark-rhododendron-2019-spring.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered - 'Landmark' Rhody sure looks dead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553615802717-67II44HXUZ9SYPDTLOYZ/woody-shrub-scratch-test.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered - Rhody's green cambium proves it's still alive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1553620067952-3BJMYA01KBGJMT6KW4N3/hydrangea-nodes.jpg Garden Talk - Is It Dead or Alive? - Hydrangea Pruning - and Other Burning Garden Questions Answered Prune panicle hydrangea just above the node to encourage lateral branching. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/10/13/preparing-the-garden-for-winter monthly 0.5 2018-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1539449951777-PX7D0H2RKCEHG30BKH71/2018-10-13-east-bed-opt.jpg Garden Talk - Preparing the Garden for Winter My sunny, East Bed looking a bit chaotic, to say the least! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/9/23/plants-for-fall-color-amp-interest monthly 0.5 2018-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537730106223-CDWU2G265YTH7NUXFT46/2018-09-21-verbena-monarch2.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest Fall color compliments of Verbena bonariensis and Goldenrod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725269257-S3INR23FMUZRP0D9H341/2018-09-23-grasses-north-wall.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Fountain grasses cascade & soften stone wall Dwarf fountain grasses only grow to about 20” high and are perfect for this location. They add substance, but don’t obscure the view of the entry from the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725743702-00W6RIODBF8HD3FLKSA2/2018-08-13-grass-bouteloua-harry.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' Aptly named “moustache grass”, this is a favorite of mine for it’s “see-through” habit. Read more here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537717119089-520F4O59NPNLS1LMZAL3/2018-09-23_pennisetum-hameln-morning.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Pennisetum 'Hameln', glows in morning light Fountain grasses bring a fun, playful quality to the garden. The plumes will persist through winter and look lovely after a snowfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725241926-FSXTSKLMVS729PCOO9NF/2018-09-23-muhly-grass-morning-light.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Muhlenbergia, airy, starburst effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725135530-382KVT2REM5TJMIT4ZA8/2019-09-23-calamagrostis-karl-foerster.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster', airy & upright This grass emerges and plumes earlier than most ornamental grasses. It’s compact, upright habit is perfect for the raised planting bed built into the patio wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725170627-W62EKB50KNVBRC4HXBC9/2018-09-23-panicum-northwind.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Panicum 'Northwind', stately & upright This grass is very sturdy and keeps to itself, so can be interplanted in a mixed border of perennials and shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725184697-H2NVIEAMVCEPWW3HR2Z5/2018-09-23-panicum-shenandoah.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Panicum 'Shenandoah' upright & graceful One of my favorites, the blades become tipped in cranberry as the season progresses. The plumes are stunning and can be cut and arranged in a vase. They will last for weeks, if not months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725202911-MCI7AAVKHQ58IM7F0J6T/2018-09-23-hakonechloa-all-gold.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Hakonechloa 'All Gold', cascading Japanese forest grass looks incredible from early spring through winter. Golden blades offer non-stop color in the garden and plumes emerge in late summer. Blades turn from yellow to green in Fall, as the Japanese Maple leaves turn from green to orange/yellow. Stunning combination! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537725225552-OKTEYFQJZUDO20LMSXVZ/2018-09-23-hakonechloa-albovariegata.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Hakonechloa macra, transitions to woodland border This Japanese forest grass can tolerate more shade than the previous ‘All Gold’ variety. It requires virtually no care and is a wonderful border plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537728031072-ET8REZLYPLB87XHLTVK2/2018-09-22-pinky-winky-verbena-lavender.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Hydrangea 'Quickfire' and 'Pinky Winky' Quickfire (in front) has a more rounded inflorescence, while Pinky Winky is conical. Both flower white in early July, with blooms gradually turning soft pink, followed by dusty pink as fall approaches. Blooms are ensured, no matter the location and no matter when they are pruned! The delicate flowers of Verbena bonariensis and Lavender ‘Hidcote’ appear behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537727314207-YOP15T2OIRVWF8680R6B/2018-09-22-honeysuckle.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Trumpet honeysuckle blooms & berries This is the neighbor’s view of honeysuckle and climbing hydrangea further down the fence. This honeysuckle has been in bloom since June and hummingbirds love it. Songbirds will feast on the berries when ripe. This Lonicera is not fragrant, unfortunately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537727172296-7SVHR98OC5X3VNU1NHE0/2018-09-22_plumbago-tricyrtis.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Tricyrtis 'Autumn Glow' with Plumbago groundcover The variegated foliage and delicate flower of ‘Autumn Glow’ make this my favorite toad lily. Here is it in a mixed border with hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’ and blue-flowering plumbago. The plumbago foliage will soon turn a bronzy-red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537728011351-3CFLRNTDOSS2BBFUH984/2018-09-22-persicaria-firetail2.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Persicaria 'Firetail' helps obscure fading daylily foliage Persicaria is rarely found at retail nurseries, but many varieties are plentiful at my wholesale growers. The pinkish-red spikes serve pollinators through late Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537728297168-UDBEAR1MC2RKVQ8KUCZ6/2018-09-22-winterberry-hydrangea.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Winterberry with 'Quickfire' and 'Pinky Winky' hydrangea Winterberry fruit is a favorite of robins and cedar waxwing birds in the winter. This is the same Quickfire and Pinky Winky hydrange as seen in the first photo of this block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537729677992-8YTOTE78LQUIWZOMSX9Z/2018-09-23-anemone-pink.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Anemone robustissima 'Japanese Anemone' Japanese anemone bring much needed grace and color to the early Fall garden. While most of the surrounding plants are heading into dormancy, this plant is loaded with blooms that will persist for a few weeks and provide essential food for pollinators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537730669018-1KJQSSLV7RIXY28E09NM/2018-09-23-goldenrod-joe-pye-weed-agastache.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Goldenrod detracts from the dried Joe Pye Weed Two varieties of goldenrod keep pollinators happy and some bright color in the East bed. It pairs perfectly with long blooming purple Verbena bonariensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537729727327-TIWZIVQWDK3LSKQN92T0/2018-09-23-horse-trough-nasturtiums.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Nasturtiums tumble out of horse trough The East bed is looking a bit chaotic, but I love the rambling habit of the nasturtiums that I grew from seed. Leaves and flowers are edible and look lovely in a salad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537729846442-HIBMCPSHY50E89EUZIG1/2018-09-23-nasturtiums.jpg Garden Talk - What to Plant Now for Fall Color & Interest - Nasturtiums closeup I intentionally plant nasturtiums in the horse trough. Their rambling nature covers up plants that are dying back and blooms persist until the first frost. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/8/21/see-through-plants monthly 0.5 2018-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534895264801-2ITPXWNH6LU6N8O5026A/2018-08-13-grass-bouteloua-harry.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants Harry peeks through Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition', one of our favorite see-through plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534896445867-3OG8EETZUVYTRSW09HFJ/2018-08-13-gravel-bed-grasses-wall.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - 'Blonde Ambition' softens view to front entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534897936362-0ZYR23S4HO0ZH0UIPIOQ/2018-08-08-persicaria-see-through-harry.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - Slender blooms of Persicaria 'Firetail' with not-so-slender Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534898443793-RI8231BSYHNBCSGLJLXC/2018-07-30-karl-forester-grass-see-through.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - 'Karl Foerster' provides light screening of patio space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534898826197-30D42IZHTS9H9V3IHR8G/2018-08-13-verbena-bonariensis-east-bed-see-through.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - Verbena bonariensis is my favorite annual for lightening up a 'heavy' garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534899633806-ME5KGTG5WJ9SUHOC0I9F/2018-07-30-lobelia-agastache-see-through.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - Hummingbird magnet: Lobelia cardinalis in front of Agastache 'Black Adder' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534904902987-1YORBW2GJKEQ2VE46KN8/2018-08-08-veronicastrum-dried-see-through.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with See-Through Plants - Dried candelabra of Veronicastrum 'Fascination' strikes a lovely pose Read more about Veronicastrum https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/7/30/container-gardening monthly 0.5 2018-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533048135378-ZI6VPLIDOFIF9VHCABV5/2017-07-21-harry-crocosmia-2.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening Harry the Cat in a serene moment with potted Crocosmia and succulents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532977836041-Y7KTKCRIZ3DJMTVBA5NA/2018-04-28-bulbs-in-pots.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532979268112-13B7DZQXK6I7LDIK9VVW/2018-07-04-patio-pots-caladium-sedum-hypertufa.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532979715897-OQAB1PWIVCY4GCTPUHZE/2018-07-30-patio-container-crocosmia-hummingbird.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532978312663-S6Y1N0M6M1C78JELBI9V/2018-07-30-horse-trough-garden.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532979972635-THQ4LZ28QHX3LF5XJK0Z/2018-07-30-garage-containers.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532980543182-GPOENTZMS0X8HFLSQORA/2018-07-30-containers-garage-bed-crocosmia-achillea.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532980760776-BRYSN9QN2ZPK5XCCX029/2018-07-30-garage-containers-canna.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532981714850-RIINJPU5OCXT6XLUCEL4/2018-07-16-front-entrance.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532981758417-SHE77GOTSM300077DTKW/2018-07-30-containers-back-steps.jpg Garden Talk - Container Gardening https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/6/11/designing-with-bulbs-and-perennials monthly 0.5 2018-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528752202930-D67ZBEW4T4MDA6E84C53/2018-05-18-calypso-tulips-gravel.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Calypso tulips brighten the gravel garden 'Oratorio' species tulips brighten the gravel garden. Their foliage will persist long after the blooms are gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746177668-RH51LKS8LBKIDL4SH5EL/2018-astilbe-orca-allium_may4.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 4: Bulb foliage has a head start on astilbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528744579480-PZBFF4JWMMXQKL669A43/2018-astilbe-with-allium-tulip.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 7: Astilbe foliage filling in beautifully https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528744617034-OHNUZ4PZWKTCJBPMAVS1/2018-astilbe-orca-may10b.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 8: Orca tulips opening and contrasting with maroon foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528745185484-1AZF79IBUMNJ8MFXO6IY/2018-astilbe-orca-may10.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 9: Orca closeup with a few grape hyacinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528744642152-6FD30MZ04452EDD69XTF/2018-astilbe-orca-may12.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 9: Orca blooms through purple astilbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528749973852-CURYSUFAIS4HM79BLBOH/2018-astilbe-orca_may15.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - May 15: Orca against green foliage astilbe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528745019389-T2K9O37Y5AEQK5N6J78B/2018-astilbe-allium-gillenia_jun11.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - June 11: allium inter-planted with astilbe and gillenia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528745420948-333T24HJXVWE98SDB3NN/2018-astilbe-allium-gilennia2_jun11.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - June 11 - allium takes over where tulips left off https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528745533855-TVCZV6O6MHHEJQ3DDB4E/2018-astilbe-allium-closeup_jun11.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - June 11, Purple Sensation allium closeup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746562987-QVTJ0D5RSAZ0YN7MC3CG/2018-05-06-tulips-moss.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Oratorio' tulips emerge early and will later be "covered" by heuchera and ferns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746603669-U930MH8E4BYBDEN2BQEF/2018-05-04-sensitive-fern-tulips.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Gregii tulips amid a sea of 'Sensitive' fern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746727607-8XT8DKNMFY6KRSGH8E60/2018-05-07-princess-irene-iris-lilies.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Princess Irene tulips will later be camouflaged by daylily foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746898902-G5P2L7QEVWMH304E65C9/2018-06-02-allium-amsonia.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Purple Sensation' allium towers over amsonia and centaurea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528747391309-ZYUGL01FHJQX7NX37R5T/2018-05-04-gregii-tulips-west.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Fur Elise tulips offer soft beauty months before the daylilies burst into color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528746924232-S3V07Y2FHMFQVECDOXBY/2018-06-02-allium-lily.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Miami' allium emerges from daylily foliage. Notice the dying back 'Fur Elise' tulips in front of the lilies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528747067650-XTJ4E0MFZK5VGCU5E4LU/2018-06-10-allium-salvia.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Miami' allium (foreground) and 'Purple Sensation allium (behind) add interest and structure to this west facing perennial bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528747504412-CHR4L0VD0BAIBJEIYIVH/2018-06-11-allium-aruncus.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - A single allium accents the feathery plumes of Goatsbeard in the shade garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528750659452-4XFF7B7WYSM68O99DW5G/2018-06-11-allium-rain-barrel.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Miami' allium, gillenia trifoliata and persicaria 'superba' help to soften the rain barrel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528754461969-4GRFUT01XKO8N0FNHZQ1/2018-05-24-white-tulips.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Angelique' tulips in gravel bed with Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528754791259-TZLEJVWRF46ZEOP6XVML/2018-06-03-allium-fish-downspout.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Allium with fish downspout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528755004290-P5JSKAERTCSYP5PJ9T91/2018-04-28-bulbs-in-pots.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - Late April color pots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528758245758-UNDC3TGHRUGQG029RUZ9/2018-05-03-rapture-tulips-gravel.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - 'Rapture' narcissus in the gravel garden. Adjacent ornamental grass will eventually spill over fading daff foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528758596084-3GW9PZYXGQCG4V9RUJQQ/2018-04-28-daffodils-fern-bed.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - April 28: Daffodils in fern bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1528758651615-2YYZRIRNTGZ0RX3JO50T/2018-06-11-daffodils-ferns.jpg Garden Talk - Designing with Bulbs - June 11: Ferns obscure dying daffodils from previous photo. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/4/30/preventing-powdery-mildew monthly 0.5 2022-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1525141320134-YL4QK3IJXWQKVTGOLQ15/2017-07-08-phlox-mildew2.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew Powdery mildew on phlox, July 7, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751052596-WHBNHVXNKMK1BQO3N6YH/2018-08-08-phlox-mildew-free.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox paniculata Coral Creme Drop™ Candy Store™ Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751182560-BWQ6WEDKPNOV9IUMYJDB/2018-08-08-phlox-mildew-free3.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox paniculata 'Speed Limit45' among dense plantings of Astilbe and Japanese Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751250961-W1YI9XA40AKYB4OW3TRZ/2018-08-08-phlox-mildew-free4.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox paniculata 'Speed Limit 45' (tallest) with 'Volcano Pink White Eye' (lower left) and 'David' (white) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751442810-8QUQBYXYK1JCEGV81JWG/2018-08-08-monarda-mildew-free1.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Monarda 'Raspberry Wine', mildew-free but delayed bloom time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751706932-69FTO2RAJPOP2L3PT6MH/2018-08-08-monarda-mildew-free-purple-bee.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Monarda 'Marshall's Delight' mildew free https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751896356-0O4EDSLYRY84EM5U597W/2018-08-08-phlox-mildew-free7-daisies.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox paniculata, possibly 'Forever Pink' mildew-free and growing among pink Cleome and Shasta Daisies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533751925717-GZSZG5O9MAYEPVNPXBAC/2018-08-08-monarda-thalictrum.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Monarda 'Marshall's Delight' growing among Phlox and Thalictrum (meadow rue) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533752465064-9KWC2U6W3T0S9DC57FG7/2018-08-08-phlox-david-mildew-free.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox 'David' mildew-free on August 8th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533754259938-4W0ZWHTBJ2KV2L9X3PWK/2018-08-08-phlox-shockwave-mildew-free.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Phlox 'Shockwave'. This variegated variety is highly mildew-resistant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533754546832-VTO7891735Y1ZGGU7YZ1/2018-08-08-monarda-mildew.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Monarda 'Raspberry Wine' with slight sign of powdery mildew that was stopped with an immediate application of Serenade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533754692575-WS21ZFO3O05OFVRGYSR4/2018-08-08-monarda-mildew-slight.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Mondarda 'Raspberry Wine' with slight signs of mildew on bottom leaves, but not spreading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1533757638417-L5AJR37RR1CSOY55Q9YQ/2018-08-08-phlox-swallowtail-butterfly.jpg Garden Talk - Preventing Powdery Mildew - Today, a lovely Yellow Swallowtail butterfly floated in for a sip of nectar from the Phlox paniculata 'Speed Limit45', to prove that my treatments did not affect her enjoyment! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/3/30/end-of-march-garden-projects monthly 0.5 2018-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522439282430-GWU07A1YW30HYVS86JNI/2018-03-29-eranthis-hyemalis.jpg Garden Talk - End of March Garden Chores - Eranthis hyemalis: March 29, 2018 Winter aconite - first bloom appears hours after snow melts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522439252363-5R6RC7SN8H45NUU67FYY/2018-03-30-eranthis-hyemalis.jpg Garden Talk - End of March Garden Chores - Eranthis hyemalis: March 30, 2018 Winter aconite from first year bulbs planted last November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522493074759-K81SIWPZ7CTHGKLH04UA/2015-04-03-japanese-maple-damage.jpg Garden Talk - End of March Garden Chores - Japanese Maple winter snow damage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522493117225-WNUITHI5GG55ZBKSDE2T/2017-7-hakonechloa-jap-maple.jpg Garden Talk - End of March Garden Chores - Japanese Maple after repair https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/2018/3/24/documenting-change-in-the-garden monthly 0.5 2018-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521903581276-2VTAU0D966TALY0JNYAZ/blog-jack-in-the-pulpit.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - arisaema sikokianum emerges April 8th I recommend marking the locations of tender ephemerals after they go dormant in summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521900769676-3VCIZIAX21G3C7ZIOAX9/blog-jack-in-the-pulpit-2016-05-03.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - arisaema sikokianum on May 3rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521901281889-KAB3GN6N0QLYKJZ3IDRZ/blog-jack-in-the-pulpit-2016-05-03b.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - another arisaema sikokianum on May 3rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521901297847-FIG9Q1J785V2RNVQ7U5V/blog-jack-in-the-pulpit-2017-05-30.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - arisaema sikokianum on May 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521899727727-4DBZ0YBAYFVWPNBW5Z2W/blog-aerial-sun-bed.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521903944968-IXXJXVBANMEJAM6O4RYQ/blog-dwarf-solomon-seal-breaking-2017-05-02.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - Dwarf solomon's seal ground cover breaking on May 2nd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521902719403-14Q15Z20I72BLLOFPA32/blog-dwarf-solomon-seal-2017-05-30.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - Dwarf solomon's seal groundcover on May 30, surrounded by the dropped blossoms of the red-veined enkianthus above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521902738982-T493L8PFN24367KFNWND/blog-red-veined-enkianthus-2017-05-02.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - Red-veined enkianthus with buds on May 2nd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521902774075-NR1ESX3L77TBF6TIKG3T/blog-red-veined-enkianthus-2017-05-30b.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - Red-veined enkianthus in bloom May 30th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521902758362-CQKTRODYM11CMBEJGBZH/blog-red-veined-enkianthus-2017-05-30.jpg Garden Talk - Documenting Change in the Garden - Red-veined enkianthus bloom close-up on May 30th https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/blog/best-hakonechloa-grasses-for-year-round-interest monthly 0.5 2018-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518990659242-80WK0VX65X2V8C02WG4F/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-crop-1000.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518986023789-RBG35W7PIB8I2ZAH5DH1/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-early-may.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - May 4th: shoots emerging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518986038648-7DF74QPMP5R9A8U0VJAR/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-late-may.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - May 30th: plant is approximately half of its end of season size and is showing off its lovely draping habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518987033717-IN89KPTSBKH6GD1X2MDX/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-jul9.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - July 9th: limey-gold color reaches its peak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518987046304-LHJ7QATT9QL0BF72WU3N/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-jul18.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - July 18th (in distance) and newly planted division in front of bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518987061057-12B71XU2NEK06IXXKSBW/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-aug26.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - August 26th: early afternoon sun fades, leaving this bed in total shade for the remainder of the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518987096658-GMQIUFGM7BZWF0WPS1PD/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-sept20.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - September 20th: plumes emerge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518987120389-DYFKYH71IKVLKLR9VCM7/grass-hakonechloa-allgold-nov7.jpg Garden Talk - Easy Care Hakonechloa Grasses - 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Drone Video of The Big Little Garden, late summer This video is helpful to reference in the winter when planning for design tweaks next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1601475494231-L76ZC4CRY7JXRLB60NQR/image-asset.jpeg Summer Garden - Drone Video of The Big Little Garden, late summer This video is helpful to reference in the winter when planning for design tweaks next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532132361211-MJY8ZK45AVCS1WOXKG95/2018-06-29-bird-sculpture-astilbe-allium.jpg Summer Garden - Astilbe and allium fireworks on July 4th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532133180036-2O7DGBKYXFB7D7EX90IC/2018-06-11-allium-rain-barrel.jpg Summer Garden - Gillenia trifoliata 'Bowman's Root' and Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532132359522-AM3HMTOBOLJXT8A5RUET/2018-06-29-campanula-pink-octopus.jpg Summer Garden - Campanula 'Pink Octopus' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532132361575-E0SJW8XLAIGAF69CT9B1/2018-06-29-hydrangea-endless-summer.jpg Summer Garden - Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532133037273-7SPDH1TGSRFP0C7KLHFO/2017-08-15-monarch-joe-pye-weed.jpg Summer Garden - Monarch butterfly on Joe Pye Weed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532133134008-7M5PTAUGPIBMU5GVMT6E/2018-07-09-asclepias-cat.jpg Summer Garden - Asclepias tubereosa 'Butterfly Weed' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532133200216-UBBIG4KK2DNF2QY55AWE/2018-07-09-swallowtail-daisy-closeup2.jpg Summer Garden - Swallowtail butterfly on Shasta daisy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532133242148-9FMA7NKD95WLMG19I9P2/2018-07-09-paper-wasp2.jpg Summer Garden - Wasp on Shasta daisy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134268663-3BZZSGB4Q2RA0AG08HTM/2018-07-16-back-view-east.jpg Summer Garden - Sunny perennial bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134290591-NU82M0BMNA0HCH1KMIMO/2018-07-16-birch-lily-bed.jpg Summer Garden - Day lilies, bugbane, phlox, yarrow and asclepias under birch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134312011-X8G7ASMRO3NAS86BSAKU/2018-07-16-heuchera-rave-on.jpg Summer Garden - Heuchera 'Rave On' with plumbago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134334146-8JM22RLZJ1BXH2JERZCD/2018-07-16-honeysuckle.jpg Summer Garden - Honeysuckle 'Major Wheeler' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134359694-KC8JSCPK74XWEJ3DVJQM/2018-07-16-hydrangea-tiny-tuff-stuff.jpg Summer Garden - Hydrangea serrata 'Tiny Tuff Stuff' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134380648-ZAHXZSW9SHPBMHR1ZDL9/2018-07-16-iris.jpg Summer Garden - Iris with drumstick allium and persicaria bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134400638-RPNMUHUYOU0WCGIQW4XT/2018-07-16-lily-judy.jpg Summer Garden - Day lily, unknown hybrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532134428816-LJ3RRUN54P8NM62BO2XH/2018-07-16-lily-orange-red-stripe.jpg Summer Garden - 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Allium, ferns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139600023-43N7T4Z1BMQ05G7UTKKW/2018-06-10-allium-geum.jpg Summer Garden - Allium 'Christophii' and Geum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139663032-UJFLHLCKFU4O5RYCBYH8/2018-06-11-alchemilla.jpg Summer Garden - Alchemilla mollis 'Lady's Mantle' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139707237-WZC2MA2FRGO76QBWABXA/2018-06-11-penstemon.jpg Summer Garden - Penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139809968-6W87BQ9C2OD152V0CQ7S/2018-06-17-east-bed-penstemon.jpg Summer Garden - Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' and Hakonechloa 'All Gold' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139842729-XZTXI1EODJJGD83XOAHJ/2018-06-17-hydrangea-yellow-loosestrife.jpg Summer Garden - Climbing hydrangea and yellow loosestrife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532139892893-CXOJ8RCF01RZOVO7UOU2/2018-06-20-evening-primrose.jpg Summer Garden - 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Make it stand out phox ‘Jeana’ with swallowtail butterfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9ae1cfd8-07d8-4544-9136-9a56263579cd/2022-06-08_monarda-bradburiana.jpg Home - Make it stand out monarda bradburiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d6e6c108-9ded-4d52-b7e2-1a17a5f7b3fc/2022-05-29_amsonia-salvia-jakober.jpg Home amsonia hubrichtii and salvia nemorosa https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/sun-garden-east daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612977688406-8M1BVSIY4X3VBIIMBHUU/IMG_20200621_195913.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490385000860-CGFQFUL84EABPH4SYIJV/bee-balm-baptisia-east-2016-06.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Baptisia 'Solar Flare' with Monarda 'Raspberry Wine' in foreground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532997978045-IBZ8BFUU210U516EP7L2/2017-07-18-garage-east.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Mid-July and bee balm is a show-stopper, but pushing the limits of the bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532998035341-L13YA8QN3YAQBRBQCC15/2017-07-18-chimney-bed.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Cryptomeria Japonica 'Araucarioidies' tree (left) is fun and funky, but didn't survive its first NH winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532143070059-ZG7GZ8212HSMKHH9VBGR/2018-04-18-drip-irrigation-east-bed1.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Drip irrigation installation begins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532143088525-254JZS7L62W2EAHW9CLN/2018-04-18-drip-irrigation-east-bed2.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Irrigation tubes will deliver slow watering directly at root ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532143102093-XO0A7H2VT1ISBFHLJ02X/2018-04-18-drip-irrigation-east-bed3.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Tubing will be covered with 1-2" of Nutri-Mulch, elimination evaporation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532142226353-KG3BIQL38LZAMO7IUUZO/2018-05-17-garage-bed-expansion2.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Beds are expanded, turf removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532142272959-79V800Z7Q71FLH6EECM0/2018-05-17-garage-bed-expansion-edging.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Aluminum edging installed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532142248178-XTI0DS422LTO0DWYN2AY/2018-05-17-garage-bed-expansion.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Edging almost done https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532148734223-OXSLN3DTOP19QT87LEPC/2018-05-22-ruby-falls-planted.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Eastern Redbud 'Ruby Falls' replaces dead Cryptomeria tree and is underplanted with more Hakonechloa grasses and Campanula 'Pink Octopus'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532145114803-RPBBW0O1Y50IL19M3SFJ/2018-05-22-east-garden-new-plantings.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - More Hakonechloa 'All Gold' added to create a 'stream' effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532145146862-WA8C75I43JYURI877JLB/2018-06-01-east-garden-expansion.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - New drip irrigation tubing installed and awaiting a light overlay of Nutri-Mulch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532145669546-KY7WL07Z4Q0JTIFQANPN/2018-06-20-east-bed-expansion.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - A couple short weeks later, and everything is filling in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532145726452-7BMJUKSQNDNNM1XDOO5V/2018-06-29-east-bed-expansion3.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - 'Ruby Falls' redbud and 'Pink Octopus' campanula have settled nicely into their new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535569988590-L83XQ9GG0AHCH7PBU5WZ/2018-07-31-hakonechloa-ruby-falls.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Ruby Falls Redbud is the perfect plant to bridge this bed with the back patio. Its deep purple foliage contrasts beautifully with the gold Japanese forest grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535574126509-N9O7IYTTAL14PEAI3EZC/2018-05-18-east-bed-planting1.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Sunny garage bed is now ready for plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535574177170-XPMOIIBDQ12SF7F9Z7ZN/2018-06-02-east-garden-expansion.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is added at the front of the curve and will become a major focal point in a few weeks (see July/Aug photos below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535574275892-0K24F37B0AQV6WTBXZ6S/2018-06-02-east-garden-expansion4.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Deutzia 'Yuki Snowflake' anchors the end of the bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535574401676-PG45RU36FX97T084J6B8/2018-06-10-east-bed-expansion.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Deutzia blooms are fading and Baptisia 'Solar Flare' spikes are becoming more prominent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612357665299-IP2EOBGC8WXXT1CYNI74/IMG_20200626_200431+%281%29.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Late June and the penstemon 'Dark Towers' and trollius 'Golden Queen' steal the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535574531119-K4KR9VWPR0WF8YFEQUF2/2018-06-13-east-bed-glow.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - The east bed simply glows in the early morning light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535571840152-P2ZNRC6MTWVOQSYBP520/2018-07-30-agastache.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is a focal point adding front of the border color and interest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535571558343-8BKW8KWO9L0OF0J04YUO/2018-07-30-garage-containers.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - August 1st and color is holding up well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535571490603-2L5VZAX0UM5SFIP9TTKI/2018-07-16-east-bed-expansion2.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - 'All Gold' forest grass in front echoes its partner in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535571672804-40L7ECU1CZE4XKZ2C7WV/2018-07-30_garage-bed-morning.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Early morning light accents the "see-through plants" Read more about “see-through” plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535580066994-706Q2VYVEXDD7RBGKX70/2018-08-13-verbena-bonariensis.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Mid-August and Verbena Bonariensis dominates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612738010688-E22ZEQFX7F74VOORD0UP/2019-09-30_goldenrod-fireworks.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Goldenrod 'Fireworks' explodes above the October bed, providing essential pollen and nectar for foraging bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a94c2507-236b-4d5d-80cc-c45ebf7c9650/2022-10-27_franklinia-bloom.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674494842409-BN2Q47HVADOFYIN8TSU9/2022-10-19_jap-maple-removal.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Japanese maple ready to be removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674494814640-HUK0FUMFWV3QR85L4QVE/2022-10-19-jap-maple-removal-pgd.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - bobcat removal of tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674494865730-FCUHTB846GXM70L7VFG8/2022-10-19-jap-maple-removal-pgd2.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - farewell little tree! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674495152977-6JXGR5WDX06HUCH8M3C5/2022-10-19_bobcat-franklinia.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - the new Franklinia arrives! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674494920597-4Y51OZGHT1C6Q7WXMQSG/2022-10-19_amy-jaqui-franklinia.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Amy and Jaqui remove the burlap and bale wire from root ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674494946109-60ED19SK18UNYVN6W8KO/2022-10-19_jaqui-colin-amy-frankilinia.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Jaqui and Colin carefully plant Franklinia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674495196574-0NQR08EA4BCGWPAB1IWP/2022-10-20_new-edge.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - The Franklinia's fall foliage and outline of new border edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674495218776-ESLC8JDY4TGBKZA3MUP8/2022-10-20_new-edge2.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - edge will be expanded to accommodate ever expanding hakonechloa grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674496305630-3WEPYI6TW5VOD4QSCAEM/2022-10-20_new-edge3.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - Expanded bed lines are painted then radiating cuts made for easy removal of turf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674496416883-WAMAZ7CA84T3FAKPXMU0/2022-10-20_new-edge4.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - aluminum edging installed in beautiful curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674497722927-MHFCGN116VA00ZC8K7LJ/2022-10-20_new-edge5.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - new edges are top dressed with high quality composted soil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674497830077-QZLAEL26E9CEQ3NXNRUB/2022-10-20_new-edge6.jpg Sunny East Garden | Zone 5b - expanded beds are ready for even more plants and spring blooming bulbs https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shade-garden daily 0.75 2023-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612295512415-7PFJR8VKCG753H1W0GEZ/IMG_20200808_153225.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/4be2d1d8-2a1e-4aab-8d3c-c56451ad49a6/2022-03-20_wren-nest-egg.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Make it stand out house wren nest with non-viable egg, March ‘22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1620602247197-XZ31C2H4V68BMD0RPI36/2021-05-09_jacks.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH Jack-in-the-pulpits grown from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ae3d10c8-8d9f-4d00-85bf-4d6d3bb16d03/2021-05-20_dodecatheon.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Make it stand out Dodecatheon meadia, ‘Shooting Star’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673820810708-WXW71CN1CIXYYZRGBWX8/2022-03-16_snowdrops.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Mid-March: snowdrops emerge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673820652015-IN7I7VXIK8S32TSITRYN/2022-03-18_witch-hazel-bloom.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Mid-March: witch hazel 'Jelena' blooms provide sustenance to early native bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513294558641-3I02YPOXCAFVTNNWOGNH/2017-05-shade-bleeding-heart-uvularia.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - April Uvularia, dicentra spectabilis and vinca minor are some of the earliest spring bloomers in the shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513293484457-ZXKJAB5Z2JDTI7S88GCC/2016-04-hellebores.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - April Hellebores emerge from the previous season's leaf litter in dappled shade. Their placement allows for close observation from my cozy chair in the gazebo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513293888800-WUXLEFT7W30X1GB0DO4G/2017-05-shade-epimedium.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - April Epimedium foliage and flower are exquisite in early spring shade, framed here by the purple vinca. After blooms subside, this "epi" will continue to add one or two more layers of foliage height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818888819-7XUUOGHIUUKCI82RQHKT/2022-04-05_cordyalis-woods.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - April: corydalis emerges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513293576378-4DM52MRO5EJ7K05CGTXX/2016-06-shade-hosta.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late April Blue leaved Empress Wu hosta emerge from a bed of vinca vine. Shown here in April having only achieved about half their season ending size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514820548203-OH804PT1RGFE7W2BUKL0/2017-05-lathyrus-bush-pea.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Early May This photo, taken on May 2nd, shows the lathyrus vernus (spring bush pea) blooming in the dappled sun before the tree canopy converts this bed to shade. The emerging solomon's seal mimic an army of pencil soldiers in the background. In just a week or so, they will assume their delicate bowing position and release their white bell blooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1677285415455-MNGBFRZMGLEC7I03Y4MJ/polygonatum-odoratum-shade-bed.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Solomon's seal with tulips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514816850436-GT8H1F68O6NJ68Z5LXYS/2016-05-bloodroot.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Early May Native bloodroot drops its flowers over a two day period to make way for stunning, bold foliage that will grow to 20" tall and persist among the ligularia (not yet visible) until early Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514816850745-0GCUO43U4WMLADMXT0TJ/2016-05-lamium-heuchera.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Early May Lamium 'Yellow Archangel' creates a lovely yellow carpet in the woods, weaving among a variety of rust and purple heuchera that gradually emerge in the shade of tall pines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1493243043485-PLXL71HTKRHNVEY9RYZM/shade-berm1.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Mid May Japanese Maple 'Red Dragon' contrasts beautifully with the variegated foliage of solomon's seal and blue 'Krosa Regal' hosta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513521461261-3KZ9OKHA4S9J35P4U1S0/2017-shade-arisaema-anemonella.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late May Native Jack-in-the-pulpit happily shares the stage with anemonella thalictroides 'Double White'. Both will be dormant by mid-July and the jack's seed head can be harvested to scatter its offspring around the shade garden. The purple and silver Japanese Painted Fern will then move in to cover the gaps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513294219886-NLPORN85LMOI0WL8R0UV/2017-05-shade-aquilegia-little-lanterns.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late May Aquilegia 'Little Lanterns' towers above the moss garden while brunnera 'Jack Frost' and tiarella 'Elizabeth Oliver' bloom in the background. The pinkish-red Columbine bloom is an unexpected sight in the shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514820002731-FRGIBADT1UURZKK2S7D6/2017-05-shade-solomon-seal-bleeding-heart.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - End of May Taken on Memorial Day, this photo depicts the tail end of the Bleeding Heart show, but the Solomon's Seal blooms still look fresh! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819087861-CO7TUE15S1OH3BO6P3RA/2022-07-17_moss-ginger.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - May: European ginger with moss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514819781813-OHTKOV1NNBR6K7VZ5LI5/2017-06-alchemilla-heuchera.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - June Ladie's mantle and heuchera in the shade garden after a June rain shower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513524085390-453YYGA7YNZPEG931L53/2017-07-shade-tapestry.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late June Ferns, tiarella and solomon's seal gradually fill the gaps of the declining bleeding hearts. Who needs flowers when you have foliage like this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818978892-GEZLTY5HUPAOYBP1DNID/2022-06-08_primula.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - June: primula bulleesiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514818822386-CYRRHFUGNX4WGDKJX9VA/2017-07-path-to-shed.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late July Spring ephemerals are now a memory and shades of green and gold aralia frame the path to the shed and wooded area. The oak leaf hydrangea sports gorgeous white blooms that turn pink in August and persist until frost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514819222029-VH5TE51QFE6F2LE036XC/2017-07-adk-ferns.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - End of July Hay-scented ferns form a delicate skirt under the massive white pine. A small clump transplanted 15 years ago from our Adirondack property, now forms a 40" deep circle at the base of the tree. Fronds provide a summer's worth of cut flower "filler" and are long lasting in a vase of water indoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513293351791-RFDC14BWFQI7TS32JD3E/2016-06-shade-perennials.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - August Mid summer foliage still looks fresh in the shade, no matter how hot the temperature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513524456528-4TZNSXGWOGUQQY01LPAY/2017-07-shade-bold-foliage.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late August Lacy ferns emerging among bold leaved ligularia, contrast beautifully at the base of a tall white pine. The next image shows this same grouping blooming in September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490464040015-BY9YTJCTUJV0P7J2JOLU/south-shade-ligularia.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Early September ligularia Ligularia 'Britt Marie Crawford' and 'Othello' provide a splash of color in late summer shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514816851707-IBWK6QP3YI917AHHAFBM/2016-09-porcelain-berry-vine-gazebo.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late September Porcelain berry vine, trained up the side of our gazebo. This species can be invasive, but is well behaved in my shade garden and looks lovely until the killing frosts arrive in early November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513525955513-1ZSA0ATZ01RMQOQCFK3S/2017-shade-tricyrtis-plumbago.png Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Early October Variegated tricyrtis 'Autumn Glow' and the true blue flowers of plumbago keep the show going well into October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818856215-EMA87QYP92Z0NGMS737T/2019-08-02-tricyrtis-bloom.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - September: tricyrtis/toad lily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818913477-LRCYK8CO2GVYAQ1IVNH3/2022-05-27_berm.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Our new 'replacement' Japanese maple 'Crimson Queen' contrasts beautifully with a dozen shades of green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707065684943-I7D5336T8NP8WQ69ONET/2023-06-25_ferns-ligularia.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Hay-scented ferns and ligularia co-mingle under white pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818934729-J6Y04A04CPKKXIT1FJ8I/2022-05-27_stick-man-ferns-ligularia.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - June: hay-scented ferns surround our 'stick-man' sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819021936-XG1WLPTY6WXS6AZKX9BG/2022-06-13_maidenhair-fern.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - August: maidenhair fern's dazzling frond structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819044305-9Q7ZNPLGSS2WVISUQAKE/2022-06-27_oakleaf-hydrangea.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - June: oakleaf hydrangea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673818962152-6EXYEKMTRSY6D6KV7OGF/2022-06-06_aruncus.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - July: aruncus 'Misty Lace' dazzles in the shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819001785-8HSL39E80RAV9EV6UYLZ/2022-06-13_berm-painted-fern.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - July: Japanese painted fern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673820021627-SV20YWV7JGXLLKHX3CFB/2022-10-25_fothergilla.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - August: fothergilla 'Mt. Airy' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819062496-4ZKQ3E3E4R4JZ5JJIO2O/2022-07-01_oakleaf-hydrangea-froggy.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819102843-22W19L5KLMY65FNNMM9Y/2022-07-24_patio-containers.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - October patio containers of cordyline, begonia and agapanthus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819118321-9JYC5S61RYMGJ79T5I0K/2022-08-25_ligularia-berm.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - September: evening sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673819134118-QYE9URY0BKS2ZVG5Z1RX/2022-08-25_phlox-berm.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - September: phlox along patio wall frames the view to the shade garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1673820069659-I2Q86K69461IHCC7Y38C/2022-09-07_patio-berm-birds-fountain.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - September: late afternoon is an active time for birds at the fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514834585602-3BDLROJZ06BRHWJ71OBV/2017-10-oak-leaf-hydrangea-hakonechloa-macra.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Mid October Mid fall and the Oak leaf hydrangea blooms are now a dusty pink. Hakonechloa macra 'Albovariegata', aka Japanese Forest Grass gracefully mimics the slight downhill grade of the garden bed. It will remain in situ until I cut it back in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514844839284-5X3YFL3AP2XV2GY29R97/2017-11-oak-leaf-hydrangea-fall-color.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Mid November Oak leaf hydrangea leaves turn a gorgeous leathery red. Hakonechloa still looks perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1518982770782-GAQYQW2DMXBZOVJ50EC5/2017-12-10-shed-snow.jpg Shade Gardening for Texture & Color | The Big Little Garden | Nashua, NH - Late December snowfall https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/the-blg daily 0.75 2023-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1493149706801-22D6R1RVIH6LELCHWQN0/west-penstemon-2016-06.jpg The Classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1473012585219-OI2IJ8S888OFC6D0I0QV/catnip-face.jpg The Classroom - Early Summer Color I love this new west facing foundation bed. The combination of catmint and penstemon are so happy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1473015074800-M9YFJUHJ8MQ0H7UR35QH/echinacea-bee.JPG The Classroom - Mid Summer Pollinators Echinacea 'Sundown' is a bee magnet, and the intense color lends an unusual burst of color from sun up to sun down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1473012618542-6FRGZ0KOSC2O6ZLWQYYN/squirrel.jpg The Classroom - Fun with Foliage The shady perennial bed under a white birch tree includes dozens of specimens whose primary attribute is their gorgeous foliage...and hiding place for ground critters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490388277597-JCT8BGB6TMX61IKEPZS7/swallowtail-agastache-2016-08.jpg The Classroom - Late Summer Glory The agastache 'Black Adder' towers above most other plants in the south facing sunny bed. The swallowtail butterflies can't get enough! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/sun-garden-west daily 0.75 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674428220905-D3GUYUX5SRMLE6F6Z7Q7/2018-06-02-geum-allium-opt.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/30f2f8ae-b98f-4bdd-ad46-473cd333b54a/2013-06-08_rhody-west-bed.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Make it stand out overgrown rhodys and mulch path were removed in 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490451582171-6ZOUGUR49B97LTTIIKM9/west-mixed-border-2016-06.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Purple leaf bugbane contrasts with the beautiful but highly invasive bishop's weed (now eradicated) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490389044090-H3RJVGJ0BETSY61HHOJ4/west-autum-joy-sedum-2016-09.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - sedum billows over the extended boulder wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490389177468-QOR24HEQ2CUQBM9JY87J/west-penstemon-2016-06.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - penstemon and catmint provide months of sustenance for pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490626037886-5P91VSGGY5TU1JU4G7AU/west-mixed-border2-2016-06.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - long view of the new border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674428516287-XRSMMWWXOW0PCBZ4FHYA/2020-06-06_amsonia-birch.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Amsonia hubrichtii with May bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535566417982-VUWI51D9ZJD9BCCT3PYR/2018-06-06-allium-knapweed-hydrangea.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Allium balls weave through the west border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535567299225-JVHVDA6ZC82BG2KWBUW6/2018-06-02-allium-amsonia-knapweed.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Shades of purple and blue: allium, amsonia, and knapweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612978499181-OLMRPBKQULCINEQHUTW3/2018-08-08_harry-persicaria.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Harry inspects the red spikes of persicaria under the birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535567531603-WK5YQYIO0IN3IP3966B9/2018-06-02-knapweed-amsonia-geum-allium.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Knapweed, amsonia, geum & allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535567657973-YZ4YCQU53WOW3FQ3JBPQ/2018-06-02-geum-allium.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Long blooming Geum 'Tangerine' dances happily with Allium 'Christophii' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674415605391-4N00HHJRL49ZB1JXDX1Y/2018-07-18_asclepias-harry-west-bed.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Harry keeps watch over the milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535566452932-0HHIJH0NYUYKES7X3VH2/2018-07-09-asclepias-tuberosa.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Orange asclepias tuberosa with purple leaved actae https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612369109981-IU54FB7XIBYIPJL2J8UH/2020-07-04_swallowtail-asclepias.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Eastern swallowtail butterfly on milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674415427605-E98COKRU213SK8NZNSA0/2019-09-05_fish-ferns.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Hay-scented fern surrounds the fishy downspout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674415665870-6HL1IBFK4F25QFKVLXVI/2022_07-12_raspberry-wine-asclepias-cinderella.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Raspberry wine bee balm and milkweed 'Cinderella' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612369207013-1XRSAAHTZNAW4F19WXHY/2019-09-05_chelone-tricyrtis-sedum.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Pink sedum, turtlehead and trout lily in the boulder bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612369170024-QP72QNAGFP8A7C81FCA9/2019-09-11_coffee-walk-with-harry.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Morning coffee walk with Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612369585025-3EWR1N9B5H5D3A5VRY5R/2020-06-21_shades-purple.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Allium, delphinium and cleome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674416489348-NLFWWNDRSCB3N6LHOOR8/2020-10-20_amsonia-boulder-bed.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - Amsonia hubrichtii revealing its fall foliage against purple penstemon leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674484086006-HGLBO2MNNCB2MBP8XORX/2022-10-19_west-birch-foliage.jpg Sunny West Garden | Zone 5b - mid-October foliage of amsonia and rudbeckia maxima under the birch https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/sun-garden-south daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535640326836-BKLCKMTV6MAK02VUVWWC/2018-08-kitchen.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e09169d7-ea9c-4447-8517-9a470f671b47/2021-08-15_monarda-jpw.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Make it stand out layers of color in mid-summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d2d5e332-ef38-46b6-b288-70a1d1f948db/2021-08-09_lobelia-nectar-feeders-window-view.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Make it stand out view from kitchen window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535639716109-KTHWM83D30TKDYLQDQSJ/2018-04-24-kitchen-aerial-irrigation.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Apr 24: irrigation tubing controlled by an automatic timing system will keep this bed happy through the hot summer months https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535716171380-HOJFU6U9BLM1IJWRB3S3/2018-06-05-stone-path.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Jun 5: This lush garden has awakened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535639827489-R20RLZSAMXKC00OSB75T/2018-08-06-kitchen-aerial6.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: left of stone pathway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535639778800-LIC6YXJ8JEZJ7KOFGQYC/2018-08-06-kitchen-aerial4.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: right of stone pathway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535640973575-SM1BT3YBFJGJI3RCC05I/2018-06-03-kitchen-thalictrum.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - June 3: Thalictrum aqualegiifolium (meadow rue) provides early color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535643895104-RMOAEPHD50CDKU9VBXU8/2018-06-17-kitchen-penstemon-knautia.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - June 17: Penstemon and Knautia make an appearance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535641041161-8PQK27AV060FE9TQP7NV/2018-07-16-kitchen-filipendula.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - July 16: Pink Filipendula 'Queen of Prairie and purple Agastache 'Black Adder' take a turn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535641011333-HJ99RAFAC34YP5XZXBXO/2018-07-16-kitchen-veronicastrum2.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - July 16: Veronicastrum 'Fascination' candelabras add height and drama among the Shasta daisies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535644808904-URGCR8NJ4J27CEQ4M14G/2018-07-30-kitchen-wall-light.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Jul 30: "See-through" effect of Veronicastrum candelabras in afternoon sun Read more about “see-through” plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535641718473-82RTJ0O8QT184VE1GIZ3/2018-07-30-kitchen-lobelia.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Jul 30: Lobelia cardinalis' red spikes feed hummingbirds and bumblebees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535641896415-Y0YJSIL12EX7QJBHT3M3/2018-08-06-kitchen-path1.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: Stone path leads to 6' tall Joe Pye Weed in the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535642064630-85OR2K011L7MU512MH0E/2018-08-06-kitchen-lobelila1.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: Lobelia cardinalis (green leaf and purple leaf varieties) keep hummingbirds in the garden for hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612740450720-6R1IE0JA51TYGEU3FA7T/2019-08-16_south-bed.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Late August color in the south bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535643030310-6Y5B4WP7MT7HOMBGWXPR/2018-07-16-euphorbia-bird-bath.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Euphorbia 'Bonfire' is a low-mounding perennial for front of border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535643070372-6R9XLBMU8UIGM2FX6VIL/2018-07-16-kitchen-astrantia.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Jul 16: Astrantia 'Roma', delicate and perfect for rock walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535643233155-SRVQWO7RRQYJYYVTRCH4/2018-07-04-kitchen-wall-dragonfly.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Jul 16: Dragonfly on rock wall with purple sedum and ferns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535646061429-JS7JCIQPKIE3OUJNMJIF/2018-08-06-variegated-gooseneck-loosestrife.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: Black-eyed Susans are one of the few plants hardy enough to withstand interplanting with Lysimachia 'Gooseneck Loosestrife' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535646196046-N7GJLO3XERKYPBS9XRHI/2018-08-06-bee-cleome.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: Cleome inflorescence with native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535646227409-OAE9VSCIEOWP6CQPL66Z/2018-08-06-bumblebee-joe-pye-weed-inflorescence.jpg Sunny South Garden | Zone 5b - Aug 6: Joe Pye Weed inflorescence with bumblebee https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/the-gardener daily 0.75 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554834678862-QN5V0K4YHTW7K4JAFNOF/clematis-bacchus.jpg The Gardener https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e4e99709-b853-461c-ad2f-43ec3fc53050/barb-young-headshot.jpg The Gardener - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554849057175-DMFZZWOXXCIVP6N779LX/2018-05-05_dave-bee-houses.jpg The Gardener Dave puts out a Mason Bee house in spring! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shade-garden-moss daily 0.75 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1493243326053-N1NQ7DGNDJ9QVMMROADP/shade-moss-berm-2015-08.jpg Moss Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/bec79b85-b154-4a6a-aabb-55c3e71594f3/2022-11-02_galina-moss.jpg Moss Garden - Make it stand out moss planted in client’s garden, 11/2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/7ecdd70a-6d6c-48b2-8d6e-3e378f70a783/2025-05-13_moss-trillium-arisaema.jpg Moss Garden - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490468142958-3IVO0ZIINNDB4EKK8K4E/shade-moss-berm-opt-2015-08.jpg Moss Garden - Moss and stepping stones Various types of mosses survive and thrive in the shade garden. I interplant with woodland natives and spring ephemerals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490469342535-JPYMSZO6AV5N2HR25L1J/moss-bird-statue-2016-09.jpg Moss Garden - Moss with bird Strategically placed garden art complements the surrounding foliage in scale, color, and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490468197575-LPA18SFWM6WXQHI57C6P/P9081726.JPG Moss Garden - Multiple varieties co-mingled Many types of moss were transplanted from our lake home in the Adirondacks. Over time, they have merged to create a gorgeous tapestry in shades of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490625374023-8NVQ9E990K2OKAVR6RHH/moss-blue-eyed-grass-2015-06.jpg Moss Garden - Blue-eyed grass & corydalis lutea I have chosen delicate, low-profile plantings to soften the stepping stones and contrast with the soft moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1490464056051-BBCJC1RE1NSV4INZM47U/harry-moss+garden.jpg Moss Garden - Harry standing guard I love how the green moss carpet contrasts with the deep purple ligularia. One of my all time favorite garden shots! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730497195356-MJS4ZIBHFCVJXFC4AISG/2024-10-31_moss-fern-bonsai.jpg Moss Garden - 2024-10-31_moss-fern-bonsai.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730497158584-FQ50PKFXJGJKNHHKBW0L/2024-10-31_moss-begonia.jpg Moss Garden - 2024-10-31_moss-begonia.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730497260126-0R2FYRRN5Z2067RWC37T/2024-10-31_moss-streptocarpus.jpg Moss Garden - 2024-10-31_moss-streptocarpus.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730497177182-ISHYG6TFUBIUK3CX2ZHD/2024-10-31_moss-bonsai2.jpg Moss Garden - 2024-10-31_moss-bonsai2.jpg https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/visitors daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1493150140364-ORFKEUUG2ZZ4AEMCCJ16/squirrel.jpg Critters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1608243314130-2Q523HRZQPOXKDTPDN0O/2020-12-17_cardinal-fountain-snow.jpg Critters - Male cardinal appreciates running water in the coldest winter months https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491142305756-K58LYAI4W6ISN8SAN7W1/P6211461.JPG Critters - Entertainment provided by squirrels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141751631-BP21NP3DXQC0MHWWNY1E/2016-07-21_red-tailed-hawk.jpg Critters - Red tail hawk's favorite perch in the birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491143053747-9YA58K28JIKW9FQDC7YD/junco-seed-cake-snow.jpg Critters - Dark eyed junco enjoys seed cake in winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491143072023-MLDZN3SVE1MXEH782QKA/red-tailed-hawk-hunting-snow.jpg Critters - Red tailed hawk hunting mice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1538003427470-4O7ZJ9MG2Y4NT0JHX5RV/2017-04-goldfinch-lilac.JPG Critters - Goldfinch in April snowstorm His deepening yellow color is a sign of the coming spring! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141572654-2NUXKYZHPWW44GU7M7AS/P7261253.JPG Critters - Juvenile white tail bunny hoppin' down the bunny trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141224697-EE73WC4LSA8S3USV0B5K/swallowtail-agastache-2016-08.jpg Critters - Swallow tail butterfly on agastache https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141284483-BKZ4BLR2EFYLIXE8RFMY/hummingbird-on-agastache.jpg Critters - Ruby-throated hummingbird sips nectar from agastache Learn about ruby-throated hummingbirds here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491142120284-49U8B9YVN8Z0XH6P437I/hummingbird-male-female3.jpg Critters - Male ruby-throated protects his territory. Female hummingbird rests a bit below him in the Korean Lilac tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141294836-LQO7SF3429IS6JPV4OS1/hummingbird-on-bee-balm2.jpg Critters - Female ruby-throated hummingbird on raspberry wine bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141348781-4KDFJK1AEJJVTGBMKXNO/hummer-female-cropped.JPG Critters - Hummingbird on bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141741092-EFTESYROEKD4WGXIK517/hummingbird-beebalm-600x480.jpg Critters - Female ruby-throated on monarda/bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141997265-6V3WPLODY69J9BRDDEVD/P8011674.JPG Critters - Hummingbird moth on bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141385405-8VGWAASEV0DBHNYWOY25/P7141039.JPG Critters - Bumble bee on raspberry wine bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141777778-9JH4G73S3OMX6VC12PGC/oriole-hummingbird-feeder.jpg Critters - Female Baltimore Oriole checks out the hummingbird feeder Learn more about Baltimore Orioles here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617658846900-T1S8CGQHLWW61L56VFRB/2016-06-20-oriole-fountain-500.jpg Critters - Male Baltimore Oriole enjoys fresh water from the bird fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141730757-Q8COEIVMSWHJ8X1ONYX0/oriole-alpha-male-x2.JPG Critters - Two male Baltimore Orioles enjoying grape jelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491141837031-V7FI1B432OPG3B4GE9VL/P6171376.JPG Critters - Gorgeous male Baltimore Oriole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491143130591-RTMKS6VG64Z1YF4GNS6R/2009-12-31+23.00.00-2.jpg Critters - Red bellied woodpecker on peanut feeder. The next photo shows her feeding her offspring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491142570411-4CLIOOYTOLVYCOKIAZ4U/P1011796.JPG Critters - Red-bellied woodpecker feeds her fledgling peanuts from the nearby feeder Learn about red-bellied woodpeckers here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491142275200-610G8QF6Q3Y2IDRH0I0J/northern-flicker1.jpg Critters - Northern flicker in maple tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1491143177195-9LODYQQ2JFM47WHU04HD/P6181436.JPG Critters - Robin feeding on worms in our lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514821483066-7GU4YHLOFFYVA6BTWSB7/2017-08-bunny-fence.jpg Critters - Bunny poses before Bacchus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532635776022-2QLIRLGUAB9MDM8F8P49/2018-07-14-monarch-tithonia.png Critters - Monarch butterfly on tihonia plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532636558032-7REM2SONXUEX9K6BP5DD/2018-07-19-harry-hiding.jpg Critters - Harry the house cat in a favorite sunning place in the garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/garden-sourcing-installation daily 0.75 2023-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554212381921-6XKK12M63QX6U8EXPSXZ/vanberkum-nursery-merrill-trip.jpg Plant Sourcing | NH Wholesale Growers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/836f391b-b675-4455-9789-6d1adf8bb998/2022-08-06_jeana-swallowtail2.jpg Plant Sourcing | NH Wholesale Growers - Make it stand out Eastern swallowtail feasts on nectar of native phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/garden-coaching daily 0.75 2023-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1547397264229-JJ2LR16POZJJCBPURIFF/hellebores-root-ball-prep-1256_med.jpg Garden Coaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1538881892960-NCLIWG4U5J3B4N50ZW1Q/2018-07-20-bird-bath-hosta.jpg Garden Coaching - how to succession plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1676747680540-UCT5MMQXD64HDLEWCTBV/2020-07-08_fuldaglut-bloom-agave.jpg Garden Coaching - water wise plants in gravel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513452315051-EA1G6RBZD9BYVE0FL1KR/2016-shade-gillenia-solomons-seal.png Garden Coaching - best plants for shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1676747844560-ZDR5AHPL4824IKM91HCW/2021-07-11_monarch-asclepias.jpg Garden Coaching - how to attract Monarchs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513452575757-ZY4HA0F1XWUS2CUGSF78/pollinators-sedum-helenium.jpg Garden Coaching - softening rock walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1676747791644-BBKBG6WAXFPD9GUILSFL/2018-07-29-bumblebee-salvia2.jpg Garden Coaching - how to attract pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1513452621178-IN3YIXP5X0089GNK49B3/cranesbill-ajuga-walkway.png Garden Coaching - how to plant a path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1676747953774-BKK4ZA662YX8641R49WN/2021-10-28_fothergilla-mt-airy-foliage.jpg Garden Coaching - how to extend fall color https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/connect daily 0.75 2024-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1514732540894-Y2ULE8DOQZMKUR9UF0PM/2017-11-07-harry-pumpkins-crop.jpg Connect https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/hardscaping-project daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537992628512-95XFHT14FJP8QKHO3ZU2/2018-09-25-front-wall-bed.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522096814477-S2F6GQQ3K8VFJKC44IIT/2016-03-22-paver-removal.JPG North Garden Hardscaping Project - March 22: Pavers were temporarily moved to access maple tree root ball https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091252475-RPD7CAW3VCYKSKXBGPJL/2016-03-29-maple-tree-air-spade.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Rhododendrons on either side of front stairs have been removed. Air spading Japanese Maple begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091259962-IOFBSCKXCXR1SF3C8ZMM/2016-03-29-maple-tree-air-spade2.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Air spading almost complete. Tree will be easily hand carried to its new location about 15 feet downhill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091292854-P7LF4MIW7DIEM31ZMWRW/2016-03-30-hardscaping-goshen-stone2.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Site prep for expansion of existing planting bed and addition of new stone wall. Maple has found its new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091241651-9030JOJXCHNG9WY1DUG2/2016-03-29-hardscaping1.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Pavers have been returned to the walkway and gravel foundation is ready for our new Goshen stone wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091281917-I40SL4XMP8SP3UZD2YXT/2016-03-30-hardscaping-goshen-stone1.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - J.P. begins laying Goshen stone - a laborious process! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522092209388-D108ASYSCCR3XZV6QEM0/2016-05-05-stone-wall-garden-bed2.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Pavers replaced to their original location. Planting challenge: Full shade on left - full sun on right! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522091380848-SI9IE70CYJC26UUFQUDC/2016-05-05-stone-wall-garden-bed1.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - May 5th: Time for plant shopping at New Hampshire's best wholesale nurseries! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522094230294-2ZHG4PNT3XSXQEH1U70D/2016-05-03-japanese-maple-bloodgood-new-location.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Japanese maple situated in new location. It will undergo a few rounds of annual pruning to improve shape - but not for at least a year! It needs to adapt to it's new location first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522092793723-RUJYUAQADGKNGQ8NAJI0/2016-05-07-north-bed-bones-installed.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Early May: 'Lemon thread' chamaecyparis anchors the left by driveway and softens the heavy granite lamp post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522093068363-51QI2ZKAJH4V5FLE8OON/2016-05-31-chamaecyparis-gracilis-nana.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - May: Chamaecyparis gracilis 'Nana' anchors the far end of the stone wall and walkway, helping to define the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522098159658-5ZVF7KFPTQWFG9M2KNJV/2017-05-30-north-foundation-bed.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - North foundation plantings in bright shade, including 'Mikawa Yatsubusa' japanese maple next to front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522097403832-JBPNECNV28EYL2TLR57Y/north-shade-wall.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - June: Carex planted along front of wall will fill out and soften hard edges of the stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522097339643-7KSAVTJSABGMOUAVVQVW/2016-07-11-goshen-wall.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - July: Plants are settling in, and the Japanese Maple tree survived the transplant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522097430725-YZ58RPWYUH5XNIQUAM4W/walking-stick.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Aug: The Harry Lauder Walking Stick tree has survived transplant shock, drying winds and blazing sun. Fountain grasses plume in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522097450469-ZT9HW98KY4L089HP11EC/north-wall-thyme.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - August: Woolly thyme has spread quickly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521910427983-TKC1K2NSKWF9KAI7BMEH/2017-12-10-muhlenbergia-grass-snow.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Muhlenbergia grass holds up well in snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521910474176-QBILP0CIXM0E35ZJ5E37/2018-03-07-harry-lauder-walking-stick-snow.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Harry Lauder Walking Stick's undulations are accentuated with a coating of snow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521910513064-L74G9XMZ4U9EX02V8X3G/2018-01-23-harry-lauder-walking-stick-ice.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Harry Lauder Walking Stick after ice storm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1521910539208-CWQ2IZ9SQ2YIQI2QB9EL/chamaecyparis-in-snow.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana gracilis' is stately in winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522101801530-VHG8JK4CELPJVFLV4AJP/2017-07-24-gravel-garden.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Small pea gravel is a nice complement to water-wise grasses and sedum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522101468523-AVFL5ZJP1ODCVK3URYYY/2017-08-17-gravel-garden.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Pea gravel suppresses weeds better than bark mulch too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522101484951-MJEYLMPA8NP71LL7B5E7/2017-08-26-gravel-garden-allium.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Plants can still spread when planted or "mulched" with pea gravel. Note how the sempervivum (hens and chicks) are branching out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1522101553297-ZZH4XLCRDIJZ6ILR1YZV/2017-08-14-bouteloua-gracilis.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - I am obsessed with this new grass, bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'. It's growth habit is so unusual, and it's happy as a clam in the gravel bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1536619907003-2EN7DMFIGK1M7F6KTSIF/2018-05-03-rapture-tulips-gravel.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Tiny 'Rapture' narcissus always have a cute 'windswept' look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1536619938823-26F59TYYD5N7DVY3YTGR/2018-05-04-calypso-tulips-gravel.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Tulipa 'Calypso' foliage is stunning weeks before the bulbs bloom. And the variegated foliage persists for weeks after the blooms have faded, making this a truly superior tulip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1536620052693-YBT19ZCTTIGF2W5IU9OC/2018-05-18-calypso-tulips-gravel.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - 'Calypso' tulips now in bloom in the gravel garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1536620086997-XQM4XOGUIUSE04UFXOLS/2018-05-22-tulips-gravel-garden.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - 'Angelique' tulips contrast beautifully with the purple foliage of Harry Lauder Walking Stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674489426174-6REY134IJUM66TSTG7ZE/2022-05-27_lodgepole-needles-cones.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - May: new growth emerges yellow with tiny cones of pink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674489025426-0RX1POYXIUN7WZ6WM8Q1/2020-06-08_harry-lodgepole-pine.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - June: needles absolutely glow a lemony yellow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674488904102-W17NJG288V2L0LVOORKB/2020-07-06_lodgepole-gravel-garden.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - Late June needle color is becoming more lime-green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674489440750-49HQ6FIINB1CSCHX4HOJ/2022-07-06_rudbeckia-lodgepole.jpg North Garden Hardscaping Project - July: needles begin to turn green https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/new-construction-garden daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554834181981-M5QIOEITE3448LHQXK09/2018-07-20-collins-astilbe-hosta-heuchera.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532527251882-Q76WUQYTTHEB8VVICG2U/2016-10-19-collins-front-view.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Front view from driveway approach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532527728446-FA46IUFWN5H6IB5VUOHZ/2016-10-03-collins-front-bed-side-porch.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Contractor plantings on move-in day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532527276916-WX8SSNWEJ9VJCE3U9ZWZ/2016-10-19-collins-view-to-back.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - View to back treeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532527227362-6OF1UVZVUHJJBWHAVOZU/2016-10-19-collins-back-side2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Back yard & future home of magnificent path & garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528011427-7N9BR0SJWGTHMSQDO8O3/2017-04-09-collins-new-path.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Approach to meditation path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528001689-OJ2T1PKH4FNJOR5T0LKV/2017-04-24-collins-goshen-stone-steps.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Large slab Goshen Stone steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528021207-9YBKVXTWYUIN9T9PK9EJ/2017-04-24-collins-path-ready.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Path "circle" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528023117-YS5PW2JUSOI0P7ND7SZ3/2017-04-24-collins-path-view-to-street.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Path view from back toward street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528478552-QC9SVG3TMESU5H0TT32M/2017-04-28-vbn-plants1.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - First shopping trip to Van Berkum Nursery in late April, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528740907-CXQNL14LMB4Z1IPIU7XQ/2017-05-12-plant-layout-back2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Placing shade-loving varieties which will grow tall and provide lush screening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528458616-QEMZ5UQONF3DHZGE48DY/2017-05-12-plant-layout-back.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Beginning the plant "dry fit" layout https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528599416-MGOX0CZEGX9C75NDQUXP/2017-05-12-plant-layout-circle-bee-balm.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Bee balm garden installed (on left). Plants for center of path "circle" need to wait until more soil is delivered which will build up a nice 2' mound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528974681-AAUL75JLWHT5PUWM2RWO/2017-10-13-back-bed1.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Plants are settling in and the fallen pine needles will remain in place as a natural mulch and cover for winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528974240-MESGN96IDTXG98N5IZVT/2017-10-13-back-circle-verbena.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Lovely Fall color abounds in this young garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528977773-USCCAJ287FUNYJS52WA9/2017-10-13-path-to-back-fence2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Grasses help to establish property line and soften the new split-rail fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532528977645-BGITORZTWKXCKD5XGCCT/2018-03-31-hammemilis.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Hamamelis 'Arnold's Promise' blooms on March 31, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532531660302-5FASDQKL5A8N4F89BNRT/2018-05-10-millican-viridis.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - We both fell in love with this laceleaf Japanese Maple which is just perfect for our entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532531659922-10DS4E1Q9R5YHJHD8VOF/2018-05-10-millican-loading.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Our selections waiting for loading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532532035334-VSEWFL5J0COP87TAA0D0/2018-05-10-millican-loading2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Load 'em up boys! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532532063259-TIC4O3XAH0XBMEGX7L2J/2018-05-10-millican-loading3.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Back-seat stowaways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532533992510-6FWWH5LVDNEMTWR2R1PO/2018-07-20-collins-front-bed.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Driveway approach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532534065285-6LDL0N8RTQOBH6CFU6P9/2018-07-20-collins-japanese-blood-grass.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Japanese blood grass anchors corner by laceleaf Japanese Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532533694613-V8E8CSISS78SLAC1P1VZ/2018-07-20-front-porch.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Daphne 'Carol Mackie', ferns and hellebores happily occupy the bright shade in front of porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532534065164-9ZOPXIC727LIOLJT03NC/2018-07-20-collins-front-white-pine.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Dwarf white pine 'Koru' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532534338197-MPVVIWGZVMO4KE75N4N3/2018-07-20-collins-chamaecyparis-nana-gracilis.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Hinoki cypress anchors corner by porch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532533694841-2K42QPVPIS502TYRWDKS/2018-07-20-front-porch2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Astilbe 'Purple Candles' is long blooming and gorgeous! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532534019518-EEBHJ9M4IAGTUTEF37DZ/2018-07-20-collins-front-bed2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Mixed bed of conifers, woody shrubs, grasses and perennials will fill in over the coming year and make a lush carpet of foliage and bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532534341553-VC2E2YSY3GK6VFJI28ZM/2018-07-20-collins-front-view-to-street.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - View from porch to street. As plants mature, they will provide privacy and screening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530422689-ECGAGHG6PZRF23LCMBHA/2018-07-20-collins-path-to-fence.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Shade plants create an amazing tapestry of foliage and are accented with pastel blooms from spring to fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530391640-7WQB6E84CMD4DJL3DZ6C/2018-07-20-bee-balm-center.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Monarda thrives in full sun just a few paces from the shady "circle" garden where Veronicastrum and Thalictrum tower above the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530400725-HK6H82Z25A2RWRETG6FM/2018-07-20-center-veronicastrum-thalictrum.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Veronicastrum 'Fascination' and Thalictrum rochebrunianum reach for the heavens! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530405203-DGENBAXYT29RZ78PQRAR/2018-07-20-collins-astilbe-hosta-heuchera.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Locally made glass bird bath helps to break up dense foliage of hosta, ferns and brunnera and draw attention to the lovely pink astilbe blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554831257881-Z4IHT3KR1P70IC0J8QA4/2018-07-20-buddlia.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Purple Butterfly bush struts spiked trusses that "talk" to the giant astilbe's purple candelabras in deep shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530406035-YU775XMOZF9PBZ9TKVWQ/2018-07-20-collins-buddleia.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Buddleia 'butterfly bush' welcomes visitors to the back garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530413270-OGICQ88XK30339322W77/2018-07-20-collins-circle.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Purple spikes of liatris and round allium balls make a stunning edging for the taller Filipendula 'Queen of the Prairie' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554831445240-W7AWXQH1XBH47WY08A0L/2018-07-20-bee-balm-persicaria.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Purple monarda and the massive white plumes of Persicaria 'polymorpha' anchor the back corner of the house and the "ell" created by the sun room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554831384442-6PYD1GO8KOUKT0I1P37V/2018-07-20-bee-balm.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Masses of bee balm thrive in the sun on the left while a few feet away, Veronicastrum and Thalictrum enjoy a touch of cooling shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530391170-RWUWDQQ2KM4XP5BT0SY4/2018-07-20-back-monarda-yarrow.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - The once barren backyard is alive with color and texture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1629732039208-QPE3BIL6M14I3SQ40J8Q/2019-08-01_back-garden.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Plants exceeded our expectations for this part shade garden! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532541979429-I8NFRP9WP6OJBLBZUZBK/2018-07-20-shovel.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Succulents planted in old farm equipment shovel discovered on property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530780229-8DX4CIDAEYILH16XDBR8/2018-07-20-hosta-chairs.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Big leaf hosta help to anchor this mixed bed of ferns, heuchera, hellebores and grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530778694-LOBMBBPQIA5ZI3XGKCRX/2018-07-20-reverse-path-hosta.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Reverse path view with 'Purple Candles' astilbe as a distant focal point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530781618-3BVKJQO49IS8B715VXHW/2018-07-20-view-to-back-corner.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Large hemlocks and ferns complete an awkward space between two fences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532530782659-95XHDLUP5HB1MXV9IO79/2018-07-20-view-to-street.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - The view toward the road from back garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829564456-D4ZTQV28VOIT06XN5Y3H/2018-10-16-path-to-gate.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829506884-K421FFLF9ZZFA17TFCJN/2018-10-15-sedum-gate2.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829585204-VAM7KFIFMW7VP5ZW5MMB/2018-10-16-path-gate.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829372833-LU2134J73JG4HMOZTVVX/2018-11-07-path-grasses.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829485224-Z3J0ITJOM1VXYIZ7BGPI/2018-10-15-path-to-circle.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829436841-HE5J8MTNVMXXPXLFZW1E/2018-10-15-circle.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829407801-UKR3OXX3CM3LTC3JMT8Q/2018-10-15-circle-right.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829347533-88T9Z3A198KR8GLVRJUK/2018-10-16_pamina.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829461922-EZA77XQUIHVMXXYGW1AF/2018-10-15-glory-bower.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829215370-Q7I2H4Q44MQJJ4SU93RC/2018-11-07-northern-oats.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829533812-I71KKK48APFM9L8OI8WS/2018-10-15-tricyrtis.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554829642580-YQEE8AYQPFQ5FVQ6KRO0/2018-10_cornus.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532536811808-CI0UDLQVZN78UIG7O5AU/2018-07-20-collins-swallowtail-buddleia.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Swallowtail butterfly on Buddleia (butterfly bush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532536859337-OB9DS6IXACIE1AR1F0I0/2018-07-24-collins-butterfly-moth.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Butterfly moth on bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532541854359-FUJXPBVUVIECTE05XYPF/2018-07-20-collins-hummingbird-monarda.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Female hummingbird on bee balm (monarda) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1532541874398-RO7KRA08Z1HGIU7ACI8D/2018-07-20-collins-bumblebee-monarda.jpg Vangie & Jack's Garden - Bumblebee sipping from bee balm https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/veronicastrum-fascination daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1702216269266-I82TU60M8SM8F8SQ5891/veronicastrum-kniphofia-wild-carrot.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators - veronicastrum-kniphofia-wild-carrot.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534086813942-JMS0X87IWGEA1Y06Q3WN/veronicastrum_2018-07-16_kitchen-bed.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1603830129522-QIJ4OT81MU5A4Z2KN2JP/2020-07-20_veronicastrum-mailbox.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534279635115-W4T6NLF0T9GLLVR7ODE4/veronicastrum_2018-08-08_kitchen-garden.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534106027197-YM5Q8XFE0J7Y9890UD3J/veronicastrum_2018-07-08_bumblebee.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators - Bumblebee enjoys fresh Veronicastrum 'Fascination' blossoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534106046501-U8E7W5A2JZSM2SSZE561/veronicastrum_2018-07-29_honey-bee-landing.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators - Honeybee comes in for a landing on Veronicastrum 'Fascination' planted with tall Rudbekia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534106062897-R901DCST6JYHMPEWLU2R/veronicastrum_2018-07-30_bumblebee-landing.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators - Bumblebee landing on its favorite plant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534106153252-9LW5EIP24RXZ73PZGVDN/veronicastrum_2018-07-09_swallowtail2.jpg Veronicastrum - Top 10 Native Plant for Pollinators - Male Swallowtail is striking against the curvy Veronicastrum bloom. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shop-garden-essentials daily 0.75 2025-05-26 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/allium daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674418986202-IEVGN2MCZSP5864DDA41/2018-07-16_allium-millenium.jpg Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534788465384-EVIFCDG6MMP2G7QDO5QX/2018-07-02-allium-amsonia.jpg Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612921030157-PVTP1QAS6IDM1POKRDW7/2020-06-09_allium-eremurus.jpg Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1534792801951-ZD5LKUD4K931FD6FQTDX/2018-06-10-allium-mailbox.jpg Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1603650291244-J6ZL05AQJ4CK8JB062AC/allium-persian-blue-west-garden.jpg Allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612919973235-XV8L6I392U8DRZC7LSEF/2020-06-08_allium-east-bed.jpg Allium - 'Gladiator' with yellow spikes of baptisia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612919994985-39FQN8IXRYF6RGLCP05G/2020-06-14_allium-schubertii.jpg Allium - 'Schubertii' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920000586-RSZJ7NLI4YO16Z1JUP12/2020-06-14_nectaroscordum.jpg Allium - 'Mediterranean Bells' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612921598895-POS81SVG3N1T7Z1FPV3L/2020-05-28_persian-blue-mailbox.jpg Allium - 'Persian Blue' is the earliest blooming allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920100441-HXDXKACQBT8BU3PIBQF3/2020-06-09_allium-yarrow.jpg Allium - 'Miami' and yarrow 'Moonshine' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920115530-7PPCGUBHH8L57BDMIE2K/allium-flavum.jpg Allium - Allium 'Flavum' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920162433-6D5UK7HZSTKAN4UL81JC/allium-white-giant.jpg Allium - Allium 'White Giant' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920516983-4LEXHF5FPJNRAXLNXAX1/2018-06-02-geum-allium.jpg Allium - 'Christophii' with orange geum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920542690-J744FNYLST7QIHMBVZVR/2018-07-09-daylily-allium.jpg Allium - Drumstick allium with birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920577825-DFRIUO09WZHYH4W8N2CO/2020-06-21_shades-purple.jpg Allium - Mixed allium with delphinium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920657301-S58ZX0VMAMVQY1Z8R209/garage-containers.jpg Allium - 'Millenium' in container garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612920693340-90DVD2HVREIF2TVOOM2Y/2018-07-16-gravel-garden-allium-millenium-sedum.jpg Allium - 'Millenium' in gravel garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/joe-pye-weed daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535476634821-UO4QRKKPLMHJ27WOIUOY/2018-08-06-joe-pye-weed-bumblebee.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/840b0fcc-57a3-416d-8da3-f855bd41ad9f/2021-08-15_little-henry-jpw-sunset.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535480630046-7PIAOISOB3TXCRYSTVIW/2017-08-15-monarch-joe-pye-weed.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b Monarch on Joe Pye Weed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535483934099-3XEIXZWJA0T4UZZGQXBU/2018-06-05-joe-pye-weed-caterpillar.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b Caterpillar feasts on Joe Pye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535483356328-8S2NE0VVAK51ZFUW5KOT/2018-08-08-joe-pye-weed-swallowtail3.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - Swallowtail is a frequent visitor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535483509926-0EN863XN1OKRX72OO90D/2018-08-08-joe-pye-weed-tall.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - Give this plant plenty of room https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535483669549-VTD33KR6P3WU48SZGN4V/2018-08-06-joe-pye-weed-east-bed.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - JPW anchors the East facing garage bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1535483728634-NCD1XPUDMTL3TK51VMKS/2018-08-02-joe-pye-weed-east-bed.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - Joe Pye Weed inflorescence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695002999699-3XFY2LX0SWI033SPV806/2018-08-06-kitchen-path1.jpg Joe Pye Weed | Native Perennial | Zone 5b - Joe Pye Weed towers over the south garden mixed perennial bed https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/verbena-bonariensis daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613320823490-TD6982Q3ZSOEGVMALCLV/2018-09-21-verbena-bumblebee.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617636951337-VBQZXJLHMH5GRIRU736E/2020_08-16_verbena-karl-foerster-jakober.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators Verbena bonariensis and Karl Foerster grasses in client garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8c9c3477-900d-4d78-b647-1f666639c0a2/2023-08_swallowtail-verbena.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - Make it stand out Eastern swallowtail on verbena bonariensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613320886906-6BVQHEZHATC5H8PBUR5W/2018-07-30_verbena-bonariensis.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - July 30th Seedlings that were planted in May now begin to bloom in this sunny mixed border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613321005893-EK41K9G568DJ0ZTRJ9U5/2018-08-13_verbena-bonariensis.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - August 13th Verbena’s see-through growth habit helps to lighten up the heavy foliage of surrounding perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613321020955-NFOSULQJUK32SP34TC8K/2018-09-23_verbena-bonariensis2.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - September 23rd Early fall and Verbena takes center stage, drawing attention away from Monarda and Joe Pye Weed which are in decline. It is now covered with bees from sun up till sun down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613321085466-X9P7ARAE8K9KJLXHFHQE/2019-10-01_verbena-painted-lady-bumblebee.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - Painted lady butterfly and bumblebee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1566691144667-SYIOALJR5BTVAMZUH0RF/2019-08-23-essex-skipper2.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - Essex Skipper butterfly on verbena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537711752976-UEZYKUVSU4DIYISOZAP0/2018-09-21-verbena-monarch2.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - Monarch can't resist sweet nectar from Verbena bonariensis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537711731651-6DVDCOCD769TWXASEF3E/2018-09-21-verbena-bumblebee.jpg Verbena Bonariensis | Best Annual for Pollinators - Huuuuge Carpenter Bee gorges on Verbena nectar https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/monarch-butterflies daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1678985940726-CYSPA3QODHBR5B7EDY2V/2019-09-23_monarch-female-phlox.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537815030623-W7X2AT35RMKVG741EG4D/2018-07-08-asclepias-tuberosa-bumblebee.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies - Asclepias tuberosa with native bumblebee Asclepias are also highly prized by honeybees and native bees like this bombus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1568114502614-DS9FMU73H36MIHVUXY98/2019-08-19_monarch-caterpillar-pink-milkweed.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies - Monarch caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed Caterpillars hatched from eggs laid on milkweed. They will eat only milkweed leaves until it’s time for them to pupate. They may likely pupate on the same milkweed plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537758572861-F0H5Z4AELLHFYAB9Z1L5/2018-07-16-asclepias-incarnata.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies - Asclepias Incarnata towers over the West Garden ‘Ice Ballet’ features masses of white flowers that become covered throughout the summer with dozens of different types of native bees, butterflies and moths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537741926606-FVZW5H3KC2ZJB310SMY8/asclepias-incarnata-seeds.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies - Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' seeds I harvested these seeds and will plant them indoors next spring to share with friends and clients. Dozens more seeds will plant themselves through the gardens and sprout seedlings in the spring. I typically pot up these “volunteers” also to share with other gardeners. Let me know if you are interested in receiving some free seeds or seedlings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1537742034051-HH4FRIAPE4BKP3DAJAER/2018-09-22-million-pollinator-garden-challenge.jpg Help Save Monarch Butterflies - MillionPollinatorGardens.org Help Save Monarchs Register your pollinator garden and be recognized along with hundreds of thousands of other private and public gardens throughout North America. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/tithonia daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548516170144-RQDM2UYGSH8FKCLEO1BH/2018-08-24-tithonia-swallowtail-2-bees.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1599683136688-W2GYXQ1S0L9EMVP7Y9GW/2020-09-09_tithonia-monarch.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1614534391828-Y66Q6VAOOEWX49P71OZE/2019-09-30_tithonia-salvia.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet - Sept 30 in sunny mailbox garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548518640234-OC50ACXR23IX6PLUHVD0/swallowtail-tithonia.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet - Magnificent Swallowtail on tithonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548517328837-K4VA02P8X9JBH1FUTF6O/2018-08-24-tithonia-swallowtail-monarch.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet - Swallowtail and monarch on tithonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548517445917-60QGODW7JJP9XRYU43XD/tithonia-bumblebee.jpg Tithonia aka Mexican Torch Flower | Butterfly Magnet - Bumblebee sipping tithonia nectar https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/asclepias daily 0.75 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584886460159-F5WSLYL46TIUYQSA0D4Z/2019-08-19_monarch-caterpillar-pink-milkweed.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b231d923-231d-45fc-ad23-1800b0d69baf/2021-07-11_monarch-asclepias.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Make it stand out Monarch butterfly landing on ‘Cinderella’ milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885799174-ABWHVRUIG26S3C3KICLM/2019-08-19-asclepias-pink-monarch-caterpillar.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Monarch caterpillar on Swamp Milkweed plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885813070-6IQWX10XFDLMX30AWXZ8/2019-08-23-asclepias-monarch-caterpillar-eating.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Monarch caterpillar eating milkweed leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885886587-TQPD1401VT0MGYLNYDBM/2019-08-23-asclepias-monarch-pupa-day2.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Caterpillar has turned into a pupa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885922409-7P4RVK3GVJNDE4BQ33DR/2019-09-09_monarch-chrysalis_1-25pm.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - The Monarch is only minutes from emerging! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885938736-63AWA7AMUY5AEJ2L51LY/2019-09-15_monarch-jeana-phlox-grass2.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - An hours old male Monarch sipping nectar from phlox 'Jeana' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1584885953456-O2J5P6EFITW12BIDLOEC/2019-09-20_monarch-male-tithonia.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - One day old Monarch sipping nectar from tithonia flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1635799158840-W589PBCJGQ05JJILKZWM/asclepias-tuberosa-birch-border.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa in the west facing mixed border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1635799179219-ZYOF3CW3HSZNYP82GB1N/2018-07-18_asclepias-harry-west-bed.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Pink asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' and white 'Ice Ballet' in the west facing mixed border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1635799517100-P0FWRFXWK72T3FXFBPEX/2018-07-08-asclepias-tuberosa-bumblebee.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Bumblebees love butterfly weed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1635799534811-7KZF4V4XA9RBP24HN85B/2021-07-11_bumblebee-asclepias-cinderella.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Bumblebees visit all varieties of milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1635802629683-EPFRJ03OYMU90CCLCMOD/2021-07-11_asclepias-cinderella-top-view.jpg Asclepias | Native Milkweed - Pink swamp milkweed thrives in a part sun/part shade garden bed https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/agastache daily 0.75 2024-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674429362788-9TK75PX2H2Y8CSPTKVS2/2021-08-18_agastache-blue-fortune-szakacs.jpg Agastache https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5b5fce52-c5ec-4449-b9e5-feda83115f1e/2023-01-21_agastache-snow.jpg Agastache - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b6f8a2ed-896e-4a35-97f9-479682d572a2/2016-08-24_hummingbird-agastache.JPG Agastache - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548614871442-V1VY0E229PZ32C1KVTBL/agastache-blue-fortune-east-bed-4.jpg Agastache Agastache carries the design from July to October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548615110298-YQGZI42JDWX0HTNS7X6W/agastache-blue-fortune-east-bed-6.jpg Agastache Agastache in July border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9ce2e3ef-7b45-437a-9005-21cd6f70b7d5/2024-09-25_agastache-persicaria.jpg Agastache - Make it stand out Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ with persicaria ‘Firetail’ in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1614126738327-E3XEFV7YL1DC0099QQYP/2019-08-02_agastache-evening-light.jpg Agastache - 'Blue Fortune' in early August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548617016835-WHADQNADELU3KK1VTR45/agastache-swallowtail.jpg Agastache - Swallowtail on 'Black Adder' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548617028156-UYTQWFTY2PO0OKA0U9BN/agastache-blue-fortune-east-bed-be.jpg Agastache - Bumblebee on 'Blue Fortune' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1548617099871-8FKFS9TJFJCR0OTI3FGD/agastache-blue-fortune-east-bed-2.jpg Agastache - 'Blue Fortune' in sunny east bed https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/native-bees daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554853774172-K6UN1QSIRCUUVP46V69H/2018-06-11-bombus-penstemon.jpg Promoting Native Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554860594142-L1VV46EFD9V0UMC7FLYY/2018-07-08-bombus-asclepias-tuberosa.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus on Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554860599695-WCRZ5AOG4FPZAG6Z93G0/2018-08-24-bombus-phlox.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus on phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1555005316073-2SM7RV9UIBMPBE72HWZE/bumblebee-eutrochium.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus waking up on Joe Pye Weed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554860601101-K8MLYSE60HMDZIZU3RFM/2018-08-24-bombus-tithonia.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus on Tithonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554860596125-G2KVBHREQ66D5KM4SLLZ/2018-08-21-bombus-sedum.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus on Sedum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554898024055-RNYZ3DFLY1K31YOOXEOR/2018-06-10-bombus-baptisia.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus on Baptisia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554898057508-C5WMYUK9EXZJ7OI9KTRA/2018-07-28-bombus-hydrangea-quickfire.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus and wasp on Hydrangea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554898070104-PFE0OU2D4GIUV2QA2EUT/2018-06-11-bombus-butt-penstemon.jpg Promoting Native Bees - Bombus inside Penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554904520533-LRG9TJUBSM24VNGNGHSK/2018-05-05-mason-bees.jpg Promoting Native Bees Mason bees emerge from their cocoons and warm in the sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554897860197-E6N9DMMLVSXUYTFQXDIT/2018-05-05-mason-bee-house.jpg Promoting Native Bees Mason bee house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554904227863-0WIKHWGI3QQZRZMKLRHL/2018-07-11_echinacea-sweat-bee_opt.jpg Promoting Native Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554904228276-RYMRHDUQH0M0Y8ELYMGK/2018-07-09_daisy-wasp.jpg Promoting Native Bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554904228836-GBDCR6OZ5CAN2LEE1XKU/2018-07-28_crocosmia-wasp.jpg Promoting Native Bees https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/in-the-news daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1554902775185-RROVSJZOU300780S9C2W/2018-07-30-certified-wildlife-habitat.jpg In The News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c5af8861-04fd-46d0-bd5b-82653c277d88/life-hospicegardens_060-1024x683.jpg In The News - Make it stand out Photo: Allegra Boverman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6b8043e8-e74b-438d-b473-749c4475e196/2025-06-27_nashualinkink.png In The News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/32fe2707-02d6-412b-97bd-c23f84d07913/2020-06-06_clover-closeup.jpg In The News - Make it stand out Clover lawn in The Big Little Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/834f2c6a-366a-46fb-baa6-c04c3cf742a2/2018-06-15_nashua-telegraph-the-big-little-garden-tour.jpg In The News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/anemone-plant daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569865784789-VWKB8YQXA7QAOS2HGFEI/2019-09-30_anemone-robustissima-bumblebee.jpg Anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569867701114-VMLX8W2GQFULZK8J3H6G/2019-09-28_anemone-pamina-tricyrtis-autumn-glow.jpg Anemone - Anemone 'September Charm' Beautiful pink saucers float above gorgeous, dense foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569874094437-S4Y7FG1KKNNABVVT2NOV/2019-09-30_anenome-honorine-jobert-full-plant.jpg Anemone - Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' Profuse, single-bloom perennial, reaching 40” in height. I love how the blooms all face different directions and are constantly nodding in the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569874082736-YYHHNANC08G4DQ6E5BVJ/2019-09-30_anenome-honorine-jobert-flower.jpg Anemone - Anenome 'Honorine Jobert' This pure white variety really lights up a fall garden and becomes a focal point. It is especially lovely at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569868116528-6BA5Z1COSLNRHB96XEMY/2019-09-30_anemone-robustissima.jpg Anemone - Anemone 'Robustissima' By end of September, this specimen towers above the patio wall and is covered by bumblebees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569869018383-645BZYJ84RA36X7QPFK8/2019-09-30_anemone-september-charm.jpg Anemone - Anenome 'September Charm' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569876298300-FAY9EV46R13GTL2HN116/2019-09-30_anemone-robustissima-bumblebee2.jpg Anemone - Bumblebee on Robustissima Non-stop bumblebee action for weeks on this plant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1569876309558-LXNATEJNR8UW86A0GQP6/2019-09-30_anemone-robustissima-bumblebee.jpg Anemone - Buzz Technique Bumblebees apply the “buzz pollination” technique to dislodge pollen from Japanese anemone bloom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613342302819-21DHYVOQE8YK0GR3RPVM/2020-10-19_anemone-whirlwind.jpg Anemone - Double petal 'Whirlwind' anemone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613342500400-I2RSGO9ZQ4S2H9RIFYW0/2020-10-19_anemone-pamina.jpg Anemone - Anemone 'Pamina' in October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613342523243-15FLFSKLKIML1009XE1Z/2020-10-19_anemone-amsonia.jpg Anemone - Anemone 'Pamina' with amsonia hubrichtii https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shady-berm-garden daily 0.75 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662689402093-MA8VJE8XZYDBLR4FLB5V/2022-09-08_berm2.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570147850244-4YCTK5KU2AO13SI3OY3N/thibodeau_2018-04-28_back-bed.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Original planting bed in back corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570147853217-U9IKPMF22GT0QGWTV1CG/thibodeau_2018-04-28_front-bed.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Original planting bed front corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570147852549-UJ48YFD30DBY160FPYHE/thibodeau_2018-04-28_connecting-flags.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Flags mark future joining of two beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570150194836-MCKE2VUH0C81BWE9WAVU/thibodeau_2018-05-03_millican-cripsii.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Chamaecyparis 'Cripsii' is chosen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570150487861-J604VU4WOW6I8XPRSDED/thibodeau_2018-05-03_picea.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Blue spruce for color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570150271008-BNSNX5ZJQ199ND0K332R/thibodeau_2018-05-03_millican-truck.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Loading the truck in the rain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570150663365-QU5WJJG6YL6DN7KEPEVD/thibodeau_2018-05-03_millican-truck2.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Covering plants with tarp for the hour long drive home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151282042-P85R91UK2EU6F57Z293E/thibodeau_2018-05-25_wood-planks.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Wood boards are used to protect the lawn from heavy machinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151203136-IQU1ZLLTV75YGMJTKAL6/2018-05-25_jp-digger.jpg Shady Berm Garden - JP shapes the planting bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151607534-NB2EWBSYNYKS4DFG1H9D/thibodeau_2018-05-25_cutting-bed2.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Gorgeous huge boulders are unearthed and will be repurposed throughout the finished bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207231948-BC3QYWY0OF5BZDC2Z465/thibodeau_2018-05-25_boulders.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Nice boulders! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151207572-D1LIUB2SY3EH07OB0SEQ/2018-05-29_planting-boulder.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Placing boulders for visual interest. Thank goodness for the Bobcat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151202825-7443214L8TGATK2WCD0O/2018-05-29_installing-edging.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Installing aluminum edging which will hold beautiful river stone for drainage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570208145678-ABI8JAHVQJN396T42GU9/thibodeau_2018-05-29_hauling-soil.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Building up planting bed with loam/compost mix https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151206562-6E2KPK7S2C3B3YCANS7U/2018-05-29_planting-begins.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Plants are laid out according to our plan. River stone is in place and looks amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570151205490-YBF6267U5PDYUFK74OVI/2018-05-29_laying-out-plants.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Planting begins and each specimen is given plenty of room to grow and thrive and to allow for future additions in the coming months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570208004066-4BLDKLBC4FDKEC6197PZ/thibodeau_2018-05-25_placing-cripsii.jpg Shady Berm Garden - 'Cripsii' chamaecyparis is planted to block the view of the shed and to anchor the entire planting scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570208004917-XOJ4ALKPYVIQ4RPHN9CW/thibodeau_2018-05-29_removing-burlap-cripsii.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Removing burlap and wire cage from 'Cripsii' prior to planting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570208004492-2R6WM9F8OOBIV153PRI1/2018-05-29_planting-cripsii.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Final positioning and planting of 'Cripsii', definitely the crown jewel of this garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570209255241-QU98DARQOS2215ICIZ7I/2018-05-29_planting-complete.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Plants are in and awaiting Nutri-Mulch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207911618-OM0OHR68NK46OVNA4TTL/thibodeau_2018-05-30_mulched.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Nutri-mulch is down and everything looks neat and crisp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570209771852-36THUK01508VAF6BISIX/thibodeau_2018-05-30_oak-leaf-hydrangea-viburnum.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Deciduous shrubs will fill in quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207911327-KQD2NLRQHJQFVM5C1K1P/thibodeau_2018-05-30_street-view-mulched.jpg Shady Berm Garden - White flowering 'Summer Snowflake' viburnum lights up the shade, both in the far back and up front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207914573-3BROYDOQ7A40Y3FXI1XV/thibodeau_2018-05-30_tall-view-to-shed.jpg Shady Berm Garden - The small Japanese Maple will soon grow into its new space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207917706-BX8ZT0EKX0M1RL7DPC5Q/thibodeau_2018-05-30_view-to-shed.jpg Shady Berm Garden - The burgundy Japanese Maple contrasts beautifully with the golden chamaecyparis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207920437-PFA3MBKU406W05WPNNVB/thibodeau_2018-05-31_phase1-back-end2.jpg Shady Berm Garden - This property's shady corner finally has some definition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570207919229-1A56BNS27CPP554ABY5V/thibodeau_2018-05-31_phase1-complete.jpg Shady Berm Garden - View from client's deck with sunlight filtering through tall trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210773777-AYRIAE2F9C1HYJIYYGON/thibodeau_2018-10-20_fall-color.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Oct '18 addition of panicle hydrangea and 'Ruby Ribbon's panicum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210766454-A5IOKCMS2FLGYL8B5T3Q/thibodeau_2018-07-07_phase2-hydrangea.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Panicle hydrangea in bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210791132-XWRAE8RJWA6O7LUJLKDM/thibodeau-2018-10-14-fall-color1.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Oct '18 witch hazel shrub shows off fall color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210780154-C7NFHJCZ8D1VH3JX2JAD/thibodeau_2019-07-07_oakleaf-hydrangea.jpg Shady Berm Garden - July '18: oakleaf hydrangea is growing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210764559-DTJBWNCMP763YCNUD2AS/thibodeau_2018-07-07_phase2-grasses-ginger.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Jul '18 miscanthus 'Morning Light' grasses added to back of berm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210782573-F8353CEFJ8FY8KTZCR38/thibodeau_2019-07-07_stone-border.jpg Shady Berm Garden - July '18 view from neighbor's property and the street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570210787339-05YBBPCGXFR9QSABZ4V8/thibodeau_2019-07-07_viburnum-summer-snowflake.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Jul '18 'Summer Snowflake' viburnum in bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1570211113677-HBGZ93CJVPM9ZU10XQ7K/thibodeau_2019-07-07_ligularia-jap-maple.jpg Shady Berm Garden July ‘18: Ligularia ‘Othello’ and European Ginger added in front of Japanese Maple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612980456938-FQLUVO8JHKK36KZ0JTXY/2020-05-29_viburnum2.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Viburnum anchor the near and far ends of the berm and light up the spring palette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612980372436-7WSK4EC9NLQ062QO2PDK/2020-05-29_viburnum1.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' at end of May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612130299017-VH1GCVRM6V535Q0RNZUE/2020-10-03_long-view2.jpg Shady Berm Garden - The long view from the deck reveals the lovely textures in the dappled light of the overstory trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612129784749-EHQWWXJ2JBI1B10KB8VA/2020-10-03_view-from-street.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Late summer color from paniculata hydrangea 'Little Quick Fire' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612129808880-8R8LLACSBKEV88S2C36W/2020-10-03_view-to-shed.jpg Shady Berm Garden - Patti & Eric's view of neighbor's shed is now softened and partially obscured by shrubs and trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612130266754-HYT95JSBTA2FFX1982GK/2020-10-03_hydrangea-spruce.jpg Shady Berm Garden - 'Little Quick Fire' hydrangea blooms have turned from soft pink to rosy pink and contrast beautifully with the blue spruce needles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612129731860-7UNN288T30P56XBSF6VT/2020-10-03_river-rock-rill.jpg Shady Berm Garden - The river rock 'rill' facilitates the drainage after heavy rains and diverts water toward the road and away from the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612129752270-2NOSGM9XWFERQ0RWPF7Z/2020-10-03_street-view.jpg Shady Berm Garden - This mixed border is quiet, calm and soothing and just as interesting in late October as it was in early June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726635612-6MH2RBZY8UBR8PA4TCYK/2021-05-27.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726651582-H8L2MM5Y05TKYV3WH18S/2021-05-27a.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726664336-H5QJF2TCA2GEXPF3I0TI/2021-05-27b.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726680589-P05ZEA6ZSCXKXKGIOTKO/2021-05-27c.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726967114-6RFISBH4571YKD52PE05/2022-09-08_berm1.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726977914-5H9OQV19OTLXFKIDQXOQ/2022-09-08_berm2.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662726988515-IFOEIYZO9FTCGJL6SDW3/2022-09-08_berm3.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662727002125-O69ZZ7POLY8MLHHYIA52/2022-09-08_berm4.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662727223783-12T09HA1K9GIFCXR8YQ2/2022-09-08_berm8.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662727136708-V9FJZOX1VIA5UJAXXVF7/2022-09-08_berm5.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662727157257-5FPWXYWV2GRT1OOG6LOB/2022-09-08_berm6.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1662727166000-N7SQ7ZZ9AR95979XNAH6/2022-09-08_berm7.jpg Shady Berm Garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/hummingbirds daily 0.75 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1611703765880-1780TVUFD9UTYD5AKEV3/2009-12-31+23.00.00-296.jpg Hummingbirds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d0fcbf8a-c134-4342-ac25-bbe4b32a2bb7/2023-08-03_hummingbird-starfish.jpg Hummingbirds - Make it stand out Hummingbird sips sugar water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1611706694270-W0CH2CKR9MPR07UP82DH/hummingbird-bee-balm.jpg Hummingbirds Female hummingbird chooses from ‘Raspberry Wine’ and ‘Jacob Cline’ bee balm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1611706954517-GUTK5O55GIN4LGCHS3XA/2016-08-24_hummingbird-agastache.JPG Hummingbirds Female hummingbird feeds on agastache ‘Black Adder’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cea49db8-1668-4e45-ab7a-836012ad0ce7/2015-08-04_lobelia-cardinalis.jpg Hummingbirds - Make it stand out Lobelia cardinalis is the hummingbird’s favorite native plant in late summer https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/penstemon daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612190556031-CYHZOLDE3XQWUQFFZMP8/00100trPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200622114258041_COVER.jpg Penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/58bb9efe-ce41-4432-9695-5b71aa9ecaab/2023-07-01_penstemon-red-rocks.jpg Penstemon - Make it stand out 7/1/23: Penstemon ‘Red Rocks with pink Cali poppies in the gravel garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612190209505-K8OJGPAOJNJ8T8QLRNFB/IMG_20190609_170822.jpg Penstemon - Early June in the front of the East border before blooms appear. I love how the maroon foliage 'talks' to that of the 'Ruby Fall's redbud tree in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612125172279-NMRVDG70PFM49X5W7NMJ/IMG_20190619_100723.jpg Penstemon - Mid June blooms are beginning to open. The orange trollius is in foreground and yellow baptisia towers behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612187720438-SA3UYOR6AEHLEKWTKTLS/IMG_20200626_200431.jpg Penstemon - Late June and the penstemon dominates the border and is framed from above by clematis 'Rooghuchi'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612125202305-Y7YUV3PMV3QAXXOW6G3I/IMG_20180611_173929.jpg Penstemon - The pink blooms of 'Dark Towers' looks amazing with the blue stars of amsonia and orange trollius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612194186677-R8D90OO5W6JSVPNZOKU3/IMG_20200621_195913.jpg Penstemon - Mid June east border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612190786178-E000SX1BKRBMOBYBU3L7/IMG_20200626_200446.jpg Penstemon - Penstemon backs up trollius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612122293020-YSH63L72BJTBFGAQITJV/IMG_20190627_082933.jpg Penstemon - Bees in abundance from sun up till sun down (some even sleep inside the trumpet flowers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612194284409-E6MZK03CCWMR5JV6KJ5M/IMG_20180608_151646.jpg Penstemon - An early photo from 2017 with penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' and Japanese blood grass to the left (now planted with Penstemon 'Dark Towers' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612186162915-91QZFA5VBOC1M75IW9A7/IMG_20180611_123948.jpg Penstemon - 'Red Riding Hood' is a bold contrast with Japanese forest grass (hakonechloa) in the foreground and baptisia 'Screamin' Yellow' in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612194406622-2OE840Q9S22A10VQLPMS/00100trPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200622114329615_COVER.jpg Penstemon - Penstemon is grateful for the pollination skills of this native bumblebee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612189654566-T3H285NMPZ3767TR0AD2/IMG_20200621_195752.jpg Penstemon - Tapestry of pink penstemon, blue amsonia and blue sea holly (eryngium). Two varieties of allium are in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612186184265-3EFO4NCDBYKGIV7NKH7M/IMG_20191025_160338.jpg Penstemon - Penstemon 'Dark Towers' shows off maroon foliage with amsonia hubrichtii blazing behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612190173393-029UYIJWTFZKYJKUB01J/IMG_20160619_202434193.jpg Penstemon - Mixed amsonia varieties in the west facing boulder garden with nepeta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612194471576-ILALDRVR5LEFCM9F400L/IMG_20160619_175503575.jpg Penstemon - Penstemon 'Husker Red' with pink penstemon (possibly from the Rock Candy series) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612186235518-3Q60DR2S3C19HDLZYTI7/PXL_20201020_210702270.jpg Penstemon - Penstemon 'Husker Red' foliage with amsonia hubrichtii in full autumn color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612194312012-YU0F27Y1CKGXMTVDRF1A/IMG_20200623_070359.jpg Penstemon - Pine leaf penstemon in the gravel garden. Foliage is evergreen. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/gardening-books daily 0.75 2024-06-15 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/goldenrod daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612639479910-YAOHWS1GX63D8BJDF3A3/2019-10-02_goldenrod-bumblebee.jpg Goldenrod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612704371385-D3NRBRR13NPC4N5GEY7Z/2020-09-29_goldenrod-agastache-rooghuchi.jpg Goldenrod - Sept 29 and 'Fireworks' blooms are gradually opening along the arching stems and contrasting nicely with the purple bells of clematis 'Rooguchi' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612638827623-K862TVF7VUZ1JMWJRGPS/2019-09-30_goldenrod-fireworks.jpg Goldenrod - Mid October: Goldenrod 'Fireworks' dominates the East bed, contrasting beautifully with the purple spikes of agastache 'Blue Fortune' behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612639376327-B7F340DL5HC4JRDOCTYE/2019-10-07_goldenrod-stiped-fly.jpg Goldenrod - Native bees, wasps and flies work the sticky pollen from sun up till sun down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612639393436-ABC7ZA04GDB2AZSYWQU5/2019-09-30_penstemon-amsonia-goldenrod.jpg Goldenrod - 'Fireworks' goldenrod behind frilly amsonia and purple penstemon in the fall garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612638971508-ZQHCCLCI1GBZY96IABHI/2019-09-20_east-bed-fireworks.jpg Goldenrod - 'Fireworks' in the background and 'Golden Fleece' solidago in foreground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612704506231-BPN5PQ7ZLPPB4D7I9DMF/2019-10-07_goldenrod-fly.jpg Goldenrod - Imposter fly wants predators to think he's a bumblebee! https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/gravel-garden daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612709441518-GRGNFO1JF9O7HC7Z9HJZ/2020-07-08_fuldaglut-bloom-agave.jpg Gravel Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/0dd1b6e6-5d85-4081-881a-05b830c42793/2021-06-15_planter-head-gravel.jpg Gravel Garden - Make it stand out Mexican feather grass in potted head among succulents and woolly thyme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d671ba80-702a-48c6-98ff-0fa4aa8dfbbe/2022-07-11_poppies-sedum.jpg Gravel Garden - Make it stand out California poppies and pink penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711383496-6G0S268O649R7KLGIAIN/2020-07-06_gravel-garden-view-to-door.jpg Gravel Garden - Lodgepole pine 'Taylor's Sunburst' (right) and Harry Lauder Walking Stick (purple foliage on left) lend height to this planting scheme without blocking views to and from the front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711299502-55YQNUPLA0MZZ2GBXH9Z/2020-07-08_fuldaglut-stone-wall.jpg Gravel Garden - Cherry pink blooms of sedum 'Fuldaglut' and sempervivum look so pretty against the goshen stone wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711400884-8WMCWFPRXLTMNFRW88D5/2020-07-06_gravel-garden-view-to-door2.jpg Gravel Garden - Plantings in the gravel garden are kept low and frame the view up to the front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612712188595-CUNOVJK3F87WSW6OZUF6/narcissus-gravel-garden.jpg Gravel Garden - Clumps of narcissus 'Jetfire' supply early spring pollen and nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612714366760-WWV4QLAK7EA4DKESR0YE/2019-09-16_pennisetum-agave.jpg Gravel Garden - Pennisetum (fountain grass) gently arches over creeping thyme in late August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711222655-3MTN8NHE1Z2O3M1W45M3/2019-06-05-harry-weigela2.jpg Gravel Garden - Harry is obsessed with weigela 'Spilled Wine' which is also beloved by early-arriving hummingbirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711266559-1R77W0RADUBNR0P2R8CW/2020-05-24_sweet-woodruff.jpg Gravel Garden - Gallium odoratum (sweet woodruff) creates a delicate mat in early May, popping up here and there throughout the gravel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711964014-JRICTZHRUAUVYKSUTPV0/2019-09-16_agave-gravel-garden.jpg Gravel Garden - Agave 'Blue Glow' resides in the gravel garden from mid-May until mid-October, then is potted up and brought indoors for winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711316787-65AKAZ0T4KRL06YTXLJ1/2020-07-08_sempervivum-blooming.jpg Gravel Garden - Sempervivum 'Jade Rose' bloom profusely throughout the summer, continuously offsetting 'chicks' and spreading throughout the gravel garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711336149-ZHLTTP9MT6EQPLVQMW8P/2020-07-08_sempervivum-stone-wall.jpg Gravel Garden - Hens and chicks thrive in fast draining soil, so the gravel garden suits them well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612713166181-XFWC41UKA2J3W5G2TV12/2019-05-15_harry-protector-wall.jpg Gravel Garden - Harry loves hanging out on the wall, especially when the stone has been warmed in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711356063-95Q402ZKLFIXZMDKCDVJ/2020-07-23_pine-leaf-penstemon.jpg Gravel Garden - Orange blooming pine leaf penstemon (a West coast native) blends with the cherry pink of sedum 'Fuldaglut' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612711433885-TCA86W7ICK8JWNT1RQIK/2020-06-23_sedum-pine-leaf-penstemon.jpg Gravel Garden - Orange pine-leaf penstemon intermingles with yellow blooms of sedum sexangulare (six-sided stonecrop) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612712067181-157ITL9CH7YWER8QU3OH/2019-08-10_allium-millenium.jpg Gravel Garden - Allium 'Millenium' softens the granite lamp post, growing up through sedum 'Fuldaglut' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612712096411-S7878GNV91V7JR81E08F/2018-08-13-gravel-garden-bouteloua-grass-harry.jpg Gravel Garden - Pennisetum and bouteloua grasses create a see-through effect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612713421390-O4COJQ329GGRUF84OR5U/2019-09-16_muhly-grass.jpg Gravel Garden - Muhlenbergia 'Undaunted Ruby' is aglow in the morning sun https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/cottage-garden-design daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612915133950-F6YA0SK26QVNRY9I0AQ4/2019-06-30_front-left.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612743361454-TAQ0XAGECRRISPD9H4PX/mcgurk-before-2016-10.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Landscape was lacking in color and biodiversity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612743143273-CRMZEXLGGIST9GZJE2RZ/mcgurk-before-yews1.JPG Cam's Cottage Garden - Removal of the yew hedge will reveal the perfect space for a cottage garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612743152900-J5QIVEZI5GKB3ARIRNHQ/mcgurk-before-yews2a.JPG Cam's Cottage Garden - Plain green will be replaced with flamboyant color, texture and movement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612744669465-TXTWYFC1084EIJFNXCS5/mcgurk-before-yews-removed.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Evergreen shrubs have been removed and beds are ready for preparation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612744236829-PZGD29E8ZWC6N65S7ZGX/mcgurk-laying-out-plants.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Perennials are dry fit to determine optimal size and shape of new planting bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612744217338-1EMJE167VCLJ4J3O2BPD/mcgurk-preparing-bed.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Soil is prepared and ready for planting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745093190-KMH1VPLJ95VGEI60302L/mcgurk-plants-installed.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Plantings installed, waiting for birdhouse post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745113526-G2D4OX5ZYVLFFDVJ1NNY/mcgurk-after-2017-09-08a.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Birdhouse assumes its rightful place in the garden. Plants are already filling in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745140851-D2V6YZYJLZ5I6LO59K91/mcgurk-after-2017-09-08.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Cam finally has her cottage garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745686740-Z86TWAT6ISNYGK37ZU28/2020-06-11_garden-right.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Conifers, grasses and perennials were extended to the right side of the new brick walkway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745717074-JSPQCJANBA48RKG4VVH4/2019-06-22_front-walkway.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - New brick walkway, front steps and sod were installed by Tamarack Landscaping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612745766373-125X1601PALVJY8FYAJB/2019-06-10_front-from-street.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Cam's neighbors love their improved view of her property! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612746025192-NLCCUFVI6L5GI8275WQ5/2019-06-30_front-left.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Ornamental grasses, filipendula, and birdhouse provide height in this dense planting bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612746056507-O4L1EDO30271TV3SQBJ0/2020-06-11_garden-left.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - Purple leaf penstemon compliments the variegated heuchera with pink blooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1612746088923-RRVDN8E29RBH3RPSM1NZ/2019-06-30_front-birdhouse.jpg Cam's Cottage Garden - The cherry cottage garden welcomes guests to this charming Cape style home. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/urban-garden-transformation daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613589975763-6L1GXBLISQ0QU032F1DH/2020-08-16_grasses-verbena.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/17bf4582-e6af-4d31-9c39-b1b0e7ac1ce1/2020-10-19_amsonia-anemone.jpg Urban Transformation - Make it stand out Fall foliage, year 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512448306-70CSDZ5N832YOAPZJTML/2018-09-09_back-house.jpg Urban Transformation - Planting beds and existing patio are too narrow and out of scale for this large home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512277087-VSN4GSWJ90H11TSVZZG9/2018-09-09_back-side.jpg Urban Transformation - This is the primary view from the patio and kitchen window. It will be transformed with evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs to gain privacy and 4 season interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512431812-FLKK8G160DHCCI26FMZB/2018-09-09_back-corner-rubble.jpg Urban Transformation - This shady corner will become the perfect spot for a chunky viburnum, an emerald green chamaecyparis tree, and a foliage-forward patchwork of perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613513414800-C0S3U4A4ASZHIBIL2HXR/2018-09-09_tom-side.jpg Urban Transformation - East side fence will be replaced and new curvaceous borders created to host a soft, delicate plant palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512868412-LI0ZSLEIDOK9AY678RRS/2019-06-25_fence-install.jpg Urban Transformation - Wood fence receives a much needed upgrade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512881872-EUFYV5WCSESS5TZWUGC7/2019-03-19_downspout-drain.jpg Urban Transformation - The DIY approach to water management will be upgraded with a new dry well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512856159-0J10OCRB2P30OUX22MJ2/2019-06-25_digging-trench.jpg Urban Transformation - Digging trench to receive rainwater and divert to dry well. Plant material in background will be removed and repurposed elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613512862501-7G44WWPSOFY093IAXU0M/2019-06-25_dry-well.jpg Urban Transformation - Filling the dry well pit with rock and crushed stone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515469209-115L108HPW5EFKIKZWL0/2019-06-25_boulders-digger.jpg Urban Transformation - Boulders unearthed from dry well will be 'planted' in the garden and become important focal points. Existing plant material will soon be removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514248195-222H6WZKE3N3KA2LQCF6/2019-06-25_millican-truck.jpg Urban Transformation - Millican Nurseries delivers our major trees, shrubs and grasses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613769813934-24NEXYW48SABCSA5IN7O/2019-06-25_millican-truck-full.jpg Urban Transformation - Our trees filled the entire truck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515109391-OB1MU4MHZ95ZQJHP0K1T/2019-06-25_birch-delivery.jpg Urban Transformation - Offloading 'Heritage' river birch that will anchor the back corner and provide much needed privacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613769237420-IKFMCE3O1LG1O97RSJHK/2019-06-25_gold-mop-chamaecyparis.jpg Urban Transformation - Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Mops' will anchor the new butterfly garden adjacent to the new patio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514270928-PFV5O9LWEEDKQDACA7C1/2019-05-25_abies-delivery.jpg Urban Transformation - Offloading picea abies 'Acrocona' for the back mixed conifer bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514294220-AB0M5DY8CPNI5RKOK0BR/2019-06-25_katsura-delivery.jpg Urban Transformation - Time for the Katsura tree (cercidiphyllum japonicum) which will be our tallest focal point on the east side, providing privacy and stunning spring to fall foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514281948-GJ6RF65ZU4B3ZC98SEXO/2019-06-25_bloodgood-delivery.jpg Urban Transformation - Next off is Japanese maple 'Bloodgood' that will provide privacy for patio area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613769146927-1UB9RE2JVT0QYBBUXI4D/2019-06-25_cessarini-blue.jpg Urban Transformation - Pinus flexilis 'Cesarini Blue' will provide a nice pop of blue in the back border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514301812-JY63ITJ6TYKWHRP5SQF4/2019-06-25_millican-trees.jpg Urban Transformation - Trees waiting to be planted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514309003-0NP8HXB6U2TCMDI6Z195/2019-06-25_millican-plant-material.jpg Urban Transformation - Shrubs and grasses waiting to be planted https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613770132986-OZO5871KWOOVQ6DK4G2J/2019-06-25_trees-fence.jpg Urban Transformation - Waiting patiently: front row is 'Cessarini Blue' pine, viburnum 'Mariesii', Hinoki cypress and 'Thunderhead' black pine. Back row is river birch (lying down), Katsura and Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613514405950-ZT72WE6VMPG6BXLO6N27/2019-07-01_vanberkum-delivery.jpg Urban Transformation - Eric unloads the first of many Van Berkum Nursery deliveries of gorgeous perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515775741-72E0WBAUT79X99FKHOJ5/2019-03-19_patio.jpg Urban Transformation - Original patio footprint is too small for the size of the house and inhibits outdoor gatherings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515712368-ZAGL5SO9RK7NU01V9JXQ/2019-06-25_patio-removal.jpg Urban Transformation - Old patio is removed and original plant material is dug up and potted for replanting in a few days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515821908-1844AIGSL51VJTJWJRC4/2019-06-29_patio-pavers.jpg Urban Transformation - New patio pavers are delivered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613523115706-MO8VE3CZ45VAZYXRM8LL/2019-07-10_patio-build.jpg Urban Transformation - Patio site prep begins during one of the hottest stretches of summer weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613515845950-Y4PTKYP85Q4XVBB6947V/2019-07-16_patio-complete.jpg Urban Transformation - New patio is complete and offers a much larger space for entertaining. It will soon be surrounded by gorgeous grasses and perennials to attract butterflies and native bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516165945-DSXVIY09ZH2WUGLHI3TW/2019-06-27_birch-placement.jpg Urban Transformation - River birch is delivered to its new home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516193310-X433F40XH6I8V7U9Z4P1/2019-06-28_birch-installed.jpg Urban Transformation - New planting scheme creates privacy and visual interst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516246981-RWXHEJIKNRXZQXNI6MT7/2019-07-01_abies-installation.jpg Urban Transformation - The magnificent dwarf Norway spruce tree (picea abies 'Acrocona') earns a special planting technique so it can drape over the repurposed boulders. Viburnum 'Mariesii' anchors the back corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516330323-Q7ORCLDDYYA3P7Y1OOWG/2019-07-03_planting-conifers.jpg Urban Transformation - The crew plants variegated Solomon's Seal around pinus 'Thunderhead', chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Van Pelts Blue' and Picea abies 'Vermont Gold'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516395336-DXEBNLYJ1KP9RSBENESE/2019-07-11_back-bones.jpg Urban Transformation - The mixed conifer bed will be underplanted with ferns and other groundcovers providing 4 season interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516269169-CSZD5I3ARQLHGE6T1ZO7/2019-07-03_chamaecyparis-install-plants-dryfit.jpg Urban Transformation - East side fence is anchored by chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracillis Compacta' and cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura) with delicately textured shrubs and perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516228033-0SD27KT2AW7WW3UHVEOO/2019-06-28_katsura-installed.jpg Urban Transformation - The lovely Katsura provides instant privacy and will be underplanted with a romantic pink, purple, white and yellow palette. See image below for its stunning fall foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613516210704-11ZITQFQVKOA0QT5BT4W/2019-06-28_bloodgood-planting.jpg Urban Transformation - The stunning 'Bloodgood' Japanese maple blocks the view to the west side neighbor's deck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613517981183-9QFPMXCML91HN1IU0TOD/2019-07-17_karl-foerster-install.jpg Urban Transformation - The Karl Foerster grasses are looking a bit rough, but will soon create a soft screen around the new patio. This was an important element of our design, and the grasses ultimately thrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518009803-OAKQM3MZMKFNTDTJBHFQ/2019-07-17_patio-plantings.jpg Urban Transformation - Coneflowers and a native loosestrife find a home, but the coneflowers soon became rabbit food and were replaced with less tasty lavender 'Hidecote' and 'Munstead'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518045322-IPM409E6413A25AUBCRU/2019-07-22_butterfly-garden.jpg Urban Transformation - The gold mop chamaecyparis anchors the corner of the new butterfly garden. See image below for side view of its colorful, lush layers one year later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518187501-OJYK5O56N0G4PUK2JYVY/2019-07-22_view-to-bloodgood.jpg Urban Transformation - Front corner off of patio has irrigation and mulch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518155852-1QTHVQIL4LGCVFITRGN9/2019-07-22_view-to-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - West side mixed border has irrigation and mulch. This full sun bed will be home to bolder colors and more exotic specimens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518129146-A7E739ZBVPRHRRG99T1U/2019-07-22_view-to-back-berm.jpg Urban Transformation - View from patio to back of property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518068122-LQ427GS11FW1KR9FG2FG/2019-07-22_side-view-to-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - The mixed tree border in the back really pops with the new layer of Nutri-mulch. More ferns and ground covers were added over the next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613518091841-7R47ECVRQ5BJF7USIBV1/2019-07-22_tom-side-garden.jpg Urban Transformation - The east side border has irrigation and mulch. This is dedicated to softer, romantic specimens with a daintier sensibility as compared to the garden directly across in full sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519535013-VKLYHFHIE746U9XC17XW/2019-08-08_gate-view-to-back.jpg Urban Transformation - An inviting glimpse of the brand new garden from one of the entrance gates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519676638-LGKTN5WLIPN46C9HQK3P/2019-08-22_gate-view-to-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - One month in and the west side mixed border is thriving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519728964-W7CME2K35K3OJKVTEA10/2019-08-22_monarch-jpw.jpg Urban Transformation - Monarch butterfly on Joe Pye Weed (new shoots were eaten the following spring by rabbits!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519803072-R795WF4LKI07MH7487ER/2019-08-22_persicaria.jpg Urban Transformation - West bed sports red spikes of persicaria 'Firetail' which was leveled the following spring by rabbits and replaced with euphorbia, salvia, agastache and spirea 'Ogon' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519597928-GUWHHUZVI7Y2KQZVHOIX/2019-08-08_gate-view-to-patio.jpg Urban Transformation - View from garden gate of patio. Karl Foerster grasses struggled waiting to be planted in the July heat, but survived and now thrive (see current photos below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519644820-19M6ZQNUROCN49BC9AT4/2019-08-08_patio-view-to-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - View from patio to back border. Many plants in the foreground had to be replaced with lavender due to ravenous rabbits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519756949-HDXQVXYFCU3SINKSTG83/2019-08-22_roger-view-to-back.jpg Urban Transformation - The back border is serene in the afternoon shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519702459-9NHIYNLSSO7I3YK0VTU6/2019-08-08_viburnum-berries.jpg Urban Transformation - Viburnum 'Mariesii' sports gorgeous red fruit that will be later enjoyed by wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519489294-ZJ9ZLYNCA9INGZG3HCAR/2019-07-30_view-to-shady-corner.jpg Urban Transformation - The east border in afternoon shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613519561511-N41TGUNHW27ZDWCOIL96/2019-07-30_butterfly-garden-side.jpg Urban Transformation - Side view of butterfly garden. The asters had to be replaced (bunnies, again) with nepeta which was woven around the asclepias to keep the rabbits out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613596252960-2B1M3VZUMZ2VSDRUC677/2020-06-26_patio-grasses.jpg Urban Transformation - Late June and new patio is engulfed in soft beauty from grasses and perennials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613599636105-DFRUQSFFD4PLIWIQT3CX/2020-06-26_lysimachia-patio.jpg Urban Transformation - Yellow star flowers cover the native loosestrife. While bunnies like to sleep in it, they don't eat it. So, we plan to fill some gaps in 2021 with more of this sweet plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674649967522-OIKZ8YNJH26MFFTGYELW/2020-06-26_lysimachia-lavender-bunnies.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521885942-KKHY0JUXTOBM4QY3FH2A/2020-08-16_stone-to-gate.jpg Urban Transformation - Goshen stone path to fence gate. The purple foliage canna lily was a strong performer and we will add more in slightly different locations in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613598307185-U76Q5JOPJLFMK7S9TOWG/2020-06-26_veronicastrum-to-patio.jpg Urban Transformation - June view from west bed through veronicastrum toward patio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613598598403-UDKLZZ16IDVZXUHKSR5K/2020-06-26_persicaria-to-patio.jpg Urban Transformation - June view: persicaria polymorpha in foreground with Karl Foerster feather reed grass in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521840910-FEC5MNWFUBY4E5Z21TLJ/2020-08-16_spirea-ogon.jpg Urban Transformation - Wild quinine blooms profusely and mingles with purple verbena bonariensis. Golden spirea 'Ogon' was relocated from a front garden that was overhauled in July, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521319150-BS1XV5QZD76D7FY30O6D/2020-06-12_cotinus.jpg Urban Transformation - Maroon cotinus (smoke bush) contrasts beautifully with the white plumes of long blooming persicaria polymorpha and blue dune grass. The purple cotinus will reach 8' in height by summer's end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521638926-84IPC1PDW8ATTF4C07UF/2020-08-16_euphorbia-to-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - Young parrotia tree will soon dominate this section with agastache, salvia, euphorbia and persicaria polymorpha. Purple cotinus has grown to 8' and now anchors back corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521739035-4AMHNXNIRJHR4P8QKCUC/2020-08-16_salvia-agastache.jpg Urban Transformation - Agastache 'Blue Fortune' with salvia 'Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes' in west garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521911346-66ZYXCX3FHHPRNI3G0MI/2020-08-16_turkeys-birch.jpg Urban Transformation - Wild turkeys come through on insect patrol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613768004672-A0K8AQ62KHOQG0CRQM8R/2020-05-16_abies-red-cone.jpg Urban Transformation - Picea abies 'Acrocona'. This dwarf Norway spruce sports gorgeous red cones and limey new growth tips in May. The needles are super soft, almost like a fir tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521498059-LV156YIDVXZTJDKEY2NV/2020-07-07_ferns-solomons-seal.jpg Urban Transformation - Graceful lady ferns are gradually creating a ground cover tapestry along with solomon's seal and astilbe 'Purple Candles' and 'Chocolate Shogun' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521772042-ACC577GDVZSH515V6Z1S/2020-08-16_jap-maple-to-ligularia.jpg Urban Transformation - Viburnum anchors this shady corner with ligularia, blue leaf hosta, astilbe and golden Japanese forest grass. The petite tri-color beech was added in 2021 for verticality and a pop of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521376119-O4VCF160BYCHZS3JBL39/2020-07-02_purple-candles.jpg Urban Transformation - The shady garden is foliage-forward with contrasting feathery fronds and broad leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521436377-4JT3HLCNA7Z13VN75SWX/2020-07-02_shady-corner-beech.jpg Urban Transformation - White persicaria polymorpha plumes lighten the shade and help the miniature blue fir in the foreground stand out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521464374-RCLNKOZQ3KYKP1JW0YPC/2020-07-02_shady-corner-looking-out.jpg Urban Transformation - Looking out from the shady corner toward the house and patio. We are still battling the bunnies who like to hide out in this shady corner and munch on Japanese forest grasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521532855-IN2ELVKR3W6ATIA9BMVX/2020-07-07_penstemon-amsonia-shady-corner.jpg Urban Transformation - Looking toward the shady corner along the east mixed border with contrasting purple and yellow. This is one of my favorite moments in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521607662-YDMXPDWM60RFKKGXS91Y/2020-07-07_salvia-spirea-to-shade.jpg Urban Transformation - Spirea 'Shirobana' sets the tone for the delicate sensibilities of the east border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613597174531-0E3PXQIHG99E6MKY5OKR/2020-06-24_shirobana-spirea-anemone.jpg Urban Transformation - Spirea 'Shirobana' with native anemone and salvia in east bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521580211-MNNAUSS27XKQWMVQS9W0/2020-07-07_view-to-katsura2.jpg Urban Transformation - Gold mop cypress anchors the butterfly garden looking towards the east border with katsura tree. The purple nepeta in foreground replaced the asters that quickly became rabbit food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521707971-OY88RE7M66HYQIT7QNZI/2020-08-16_gold-cypress-to-patio2.jpg Urban Transformation - Late summer side view of butterfly garden layers with Karl Foerster grasses in background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521943284-XC84EC15K4YN96PBTY6B/2020-10-19_anemone-amsonia.jpg Urban Transformation - Late October: Amsonia hubrichtii glows behind Japanese anemone 'Pamina' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521997454-WDFBLP7Q1GCVV5RWJZPK/2020-10-19_montauk-bees.jpg Urban Transformation - Late October: Montauk daisy provides essential food for late foraging pollinators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521960090-60JYV5AJBN3LS0NSIFGU/2020-10-19_grasses-patio-path.jpg Urban Transformation - Karl Foerster plumes glow in the late October sun. This light screening around the new patio was a specific feature of the original design and performs admirably to define the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613521980914-1FZFA8KXDO78XJZQOOZX/2020-10-19_katsura2.jpg Urban Transformation - Katsura tree sports beautiful heart-shaped October foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613522012643-8YNILKLZE3OG81PSEH8U/2020-10-19_whirlwind-anemone.jpg Urban Transformation - Double white petals of anemone 'Whirlwind' look fetching in early autumn along the patio edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613605305208-OA0F3M6HLOD7XC46PWY7/2020-10-19_bumblebee-salvia.jpg Urban Transformation - Oct 19: bumblbee in salvia 'Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651060236-OBSMPCTO5SG6BMXHIIQP/2021-05-25_side-view-patio.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651057662-3T9VCPJAXNJNUQGGE4R2/2021-05-25_patio-view-back.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651057710-OSHZY1KI1NGU40QGJBXQ/2021-05-25_jap-maple-conifers.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674650959472-RNN66WZ7C2K3E6D52Z2Q/2021-05-25_back-viburnum-corner.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674650986122-ZERDGGERIV62CJSTW5YQ/2021-05-25_jap-maple.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651015483-J4B67APL9SBN47MX0HY7/2021-05-25_small-conifers.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674650979000-KIVPSJWPCCXJ5BPLCVBS/2021-05-25_beech-viburnum.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651062394-TJGS7AV6BSQUOHQQWO7E/2022-05-29_amsonia-salvia-jacob-ladder.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651062292-BDXA2JQL2LN6DU1LDWNO/2022-05-29_amsonia-salvia.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674650979261-HEATG0LEHGKZDGX72BT2/2022-05-29_ligularia.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674650943773-5PIAJ17MOM35XIONF4Y0/2022-05-29_redbud-corner.jpg Urban Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674651060134-BT3RGAYU2DSE431YHB44/2021-05-25_phlox-bed.jpg Urban Transformation https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/garden-newsletter daily 0.75 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1614000737767-WS23149K76PPKE9D60BU/milkweed-seeds.jpg Newsletter https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/conifers daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617675364935-736RUY5HY1HY90OGB067/2020-08-21_fir-pines2.jpg Conifers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6959f04e-aeb4-4e48-a879-97a941f07157/2021-05-13_pink-cones.jpg Conifers - Make it stand out Picea orientalis ‘Skylands’ cones in May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9833f3d8-20ae-40c6-a6ce-4bed783eca22/2022-09-21_houde-weeping-spruce-stipa.jpg Conifers - Make it stand out Picea abies ‘Pendula’ ~ weeping Norway spruce planted in client garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617679016395-C3JXVS1ZAU5WAK4YP0AT/2020-06-23_lodgepole-pine.jpg Conifers - Lodgepole pine 'Taylor's Sunburst' glows in my north facing garden in late June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617679186823-0OYMQ4WOPBL4FYCBJ6FO/2019-08-05_white-pine-bergmanii.jpg Conifers - Japanese white pine 'Bergmanii' under the shade of a birch and sugar maple in my garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617721259006-VHUYBNUNQSNBB6OO128K/2018-08-22_pinus-nigra-thunderhead-liz-young.jpg Conifers - Black pine 'Thunderhead' was the perfect choice for the planting bed created with installation of the new granite stair entrance to the backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617737519103-QMVBG56OCA79UD7RFY9J/2020-10-28_bergmanii-spiro.jpg Conifers - The client chose a dwarf blue spruce to complement the blue/green of Japanese white pine 'Bergman' behind it. I love to plant blue conifers in proximity to red leaf shrubs like this ninebark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617680351213-RIUUR6IE700KZQLCE9CR/2020-07-09_gold-mop-cypress.jpg Conifers - Gold mop cypress on the left gently drapes and encircles the water fountain in my shady 'Quiet Corner' with mature rhododendrons and perennial groundcovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617679636521-H1Q5UAQV4N2TB6U1NJLN/2020-05-13_pine-merrimack.jpg Conifers - White pine 'Merrimack' is happy in complete shade of my north facing foundation bed. It's such a soft presence to greet visitors as they approach my front entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617719292048-XK4OB79JQA0KZGA63EJ4/2020-05-07_white-pine.jpg Conifers - Weeping white pine is so delicate and lovely. The client calls her 'Sherry'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617719569710-U8ZB0N0CPWMBZMHRQ8FU/2020-05-27_chamaecyparis-cripsii-galina.jpg Conifers - Golden hinoki cypress 'Crippsii' brightens up the shady woodland edge and will add privacy over the years. Planted May, 2020. Client has named her 'Darcy'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617720811181-VUS00ILH82TBQMGGO5FM/2020-06-03_picea-abies-vermont-gold-chamaecyparis-van-pelt-blue.jpg Conifers - Picea abies 'Vermont Gold' glows behind the purple Japanese maple. Chamaecyparis 'Van Pelts Blue' completes the color trifecta! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617721004500-NBHV2UWVJOL2IMJX5DV4/2020-05-16_picea-abies-acrocona-jakober.jpg Conifers - Picea abies acrocana received a special planting treatment so it could drape over the large boulders. It sports red cones in spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617739061549-1HFSPOTZLKGXQ8OG7NPB/2020-06-06_picea-howells-tigertail-spiro.jpg Conifers - Picea bicolor 'Howell's Tigertail'. My client calls her new blue spruce 'Tom Brady' because he's so handsome! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1617722566485-37LM68GSW3EYNPFBWOQA/2020-05-29_crippsii-thibodeau.jpg Conifers - Golden hinoki cypress 'Crippsii' is the star of this understory bed. 'Flouncy' helps anchor and define the far corner of the property and perfectly complements the viburnum 'Summer Snowflake'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1675095310809-XSYCAGBGHALC5QLGN54B/2022-09-21_fukuzumi.jpg Conifers - Pinus parviflora 'Fukuzumi', white pine planted 2021 in client's garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1675095399331-I6QJ0MDRWHMBAPUJX5XJ/2022-09-21_morticia-deck.jpg Conifers - Picea abies 'Pendula', weeping Norway spruce planted 2021 in client's garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730859049031-Z1X8V7NYCMEPIX1EJWFD/2022-08-20_thunderhead.jpg Conifers - Pinus 'Thunderhead' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730859170297-UAJYS7MDZ2490QYOJLBD/2022-09-21_flame-thrower-ghost-pine.jpg Conifers - Pinus 'Golden Ghost' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1618232401958-PYAV0J2PEGF3CMEOL9HL/2020-09-05_chamaecyparis-goldilocks-shapiro.jpg Conifers - Chamaecyparis 'Goldilocks' is a commanding presence at this client's front entrance. Planted by another landscaper approx. 20 years before this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1618232636214-GUQP1YJ0EB0M54BRSUBB/2021-04-12_dwarf-chamaecyparis2-ginny-nedved-cook.jpg Conifers - Dwarf hinoki cypress in woodland garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1618232642519-QF5WOKGVT4XGQZ0SBEPS/2021-04-12_dwarf-chamaecyparis-ginny-nedved-cook.jpg Conifers - Dwarf hinoki cypress in mixed border with daffodils https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/persicaria daily 0.75 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660047054773-4V3E62KJ2ELI40X9K1LB/2022-08-09_persicaria-jpw.jpg Persicaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/dbe0283b-fb61-42e7-bf77-04044ed977c4/2021-08-11_persicaria-jpw-birch.jpg Persicaria - Make it stand out Persicaria amplexicaulis with Joe Pye Weed and paper birch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/0a719184-608a-40d8-8904-5435c6b28d0a/PXL_20240923_164201737.jpg Persicaria - Make it stand out Persicaria speciosa ‘Firetail’ provides bountiful pollen and nectar from July through October https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660049035611-W1NR5EYPMO7RNIKZ4A1U/2018-08-08_harry-persicaria.jpg Persicaria - Front of border star, August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660137558917-TSIS8F05FEWQE02IFIC7/2022-08-10_persicaria-white-cosmos.jpg Persicaria - Persicaria firetail with white cosmos emerging, early August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660136621438-ZJXX8WN40QNZ24H07R5R/2022-08-09_persicaria-jpw2.jpg Persicaria - Persicaria with naturalized Joe Pye Weed, early August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660049055449-UIM11NF1HSZM7N9S8BHY/2022-08-09_persicaria-jpw.jpg Persicaria - Early August with Joe Pye Weed under birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660137878144-CX24PVRTS4VNH1484YUJ/2019-09-28_persicaria-two-bumblebees.jpg Persicaria - Bumblebees feast on persicaria, Sept 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693870699302-PMO0SFM6VXBMM3CNVDIN/2023-08-31_persicaria-dimity.jpg Persicaria - Persicaria affinis 'Dimity' groundcover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693870608862-BH380811GU1JRP5V7MK9/2023-09-04_persicaria-groundcover.jpg Persicaria - Persicaria affinis 'Dimity' groundcover in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695081264494-LLFSOUFD2MQQKBVJPQKI/2023-06-13_persicaria-polymorpha-lambert.jpg Persicaria - Persicaria polymorpha, aka 'Giant Fleece Flower' https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/secret-garden-for-the-dogs daily 0.75 2023-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674585637067-JEV9Z8U5TJXVL5X7QKW9/IMG_20200611_092520.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/3d0785ad-e5d3-4e1d-9d05-b8cc99cc6d8f/2021-08-18_redbud-agastache.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Make it stand out August, 2021: the redbud ‘Rising Sun’ and agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ are thriving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660072935172-4OOEFX8J0FLREALOZXR5/IMG_20190913_131551.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - A nice stone path will be cleaned and edged with river rock under the drip edge to prevent splattering from rain and mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660073144609-OTZGITLP1CG3LGP9IO2Z/2019-09-13_before1.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - The family poodles love to run and dig! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660073156602-MXTZ1UF5TPIHQVA21QQD/2019-09-13_before2.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - A beautiful viburnum will be saved and pruned for shape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1660073217026-V1BHTU0DMBCI6F4K4BKQ/IMG_20190913_131546.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Tall native trees cast significant shade, creating both opportunities and challenges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/206e1f21-cd2f-408e-9741-5352072961f6/2021-05-09_3-poodles.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Make it stand out The garden is safely divided from Yogi, Corey & Dasher’s playground https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586420494-5T417MNHHT9KYADFKT6Q/IMG_20200515_113626.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Site prep by Parker Garden Design crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590429442-XQ68QIKRX4MI7YFKEBNL/2020-05-15_jaqui-sam-drip-edge.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - river stone drip edge installed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586756503-5BS0JI2ONBI0D48ZWFJA/IMG_20200515_135027.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Drip edge is installed and ground is leveled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590167380-JGMMRZT8UZ62P7C3BH1P/IMG_20200515_135120.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - the space will be shared with the dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590595527-LFR3EAHH3UQKNRE24JL9/2020-05-15_jaqui-crew.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - planting areas are become defined https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586686240-8XL98TSG4FCXO0U6DK44/IMG_20200515_134532.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Planting areas receive composted soil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586518365-R0AVSPJGTE9QG4A3MQW4/IMG_20200515_145933.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Mahoney's delivery of weeping white pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586632405-3P8V3PER2TT8XV7BX4FK/IMG_20200518_093000.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Parker Garden crew plants the white pine tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586581349-CNYIYVSHJALSSK0OSJXS/IMG_20200518_092543.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Planting of the golden chamaecyparis 'Crippsii' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674600416141-WU12N4RZGDIBD0WT9K2M/2020-05-18_chamaecyparis.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - The existing green hinoki cypress receives a golden 'partner' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590324486-7E8RCCUD9Y6J9TDD3PVU/2020-08-18_wood-chips-delivery.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - wood chips for dog's play area delivered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590784132-8YFRLCSNLIF2WML4ADJ8/2020-05-18_spreading-wood-chips.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - spreading wood chips for dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586552002-2CV2ER0T3GIPX365UW39/IMG_20200518_103125.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Homeowners install a cute fence to separate the dog's play area from the garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586329103-Q2AUE3P265YITAUGMC07/IMG_20200508_114308.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - First trip to Van Berkum Nursery for perennials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590511484-1JUDJGVOVEBJNU0L6KH4/2020-05-12_laying-perennials.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - initial layout of ornamental trees and perennials and path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586851083-R2934B3BJYX8Y10G105Q/IMG_20200521_153136.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Dasher and Corey oversee our planting efforts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674591056813-0X73AIPXGCGNG4HWGVA4/2020-05-30_dave-gabor-irrigation.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - the husbands help with drip irrigation installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674590044052-GHZMP4URSJ7153T4RRFS/2021-05-04_redbud-blooms.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Spring blooms of redbud 'Rising Sun' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586616244-EWZ2T2P15JIZZ925IOUO/IMG_20200527_074033.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Crippsii glows against the white viburnum blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674586796139-HDJBAJTN0I8M4DA4Q8M6/IMG_20200612_162749.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Dogs approve of the new garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599745571-ILOQP9W4JFHTAYI81MAI/2020-galina-aerial-view.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599793615-BPSS26PR62J3O2BU24MR/galina-corey-fence.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599793765-FTGB3US4PY0INZSQ4IH3/galina-dogs-running.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599796145-Z6HXY1IZZAGSRU5ZVRNE/galina-gabor.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599795699-B6GZ1EQO1XKUUKZ6NYGL/galina-gabor-redbud.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599797221-YPESAO5ZD2HMM1W6GGVX/galina-miss-grace.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674599797755-9Q2TIBK9TFN3W58B58LR/galina-papa-in-garden.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674600238003-UMH6T9E8DRHS5667XVYD/2020-09-12_gabor.jpg Galina's Secret Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674589149489-DLYFAUBA1HNMOCF272SI/2022-10-05_fresh-mulch.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Fresh composted mulch is down and the path is ready for moss! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674589160093-LESYN2JKDBYSBWVBZR4G/2022-10-05_fresh-mulch3.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - We hope the emerald green moss will look lovely against the mulched garden beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588393213-PV43WYGK33OB7G67MYVE/2022-10-10_galina-moss2.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Installation of sheet moss begins in October, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588394242-00H8YD4RSFC6NM1S5515/2022-10-10_galina-moss3.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - The moss path will blend perfectly with the woodland garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588396248-HLJMVBKKLKBCOK5U9WUL/2022-11-02_galina-moss1.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Dappled sun is ideal for growing moss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588395472-1D0ILKQV4CUA8TQDYJKG/2022-10-10_galina-moss6.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Newly installed moss is watered in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588396216-197HHKRDT8EVQ6WE7CJP/2022-10-10_galina-moss7.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - Moss makes a wonderfully soft walking path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674588394410-CLUTXM9I71XRFEJ7EWE4/2022-10-10_galina-moss4.jpg Galina's Secret Garden - The woodland garden of miniature trees https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/phlox-paniculata-jeana daily 0.75 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694520429790-75M3EQ9D18RF471GQYML/2023-08-13_phlox-patio-corner.jpg Phlox Paniculata - 2023-08-13_phlox-patio-corner.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663860293320-8NGW02CKXPOPC58UYCD3/2022-08-11_phlox-jeana-tall-short.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Jeana phlox with and without Chelsea Chop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859828662-94LPEFGIBTQRS194TGT2/2022-08-21_phlox-jeana-monarch.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Monarch butterfly on Jeana phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663858923116-Q8GYECC2P33S9EMS7431/2021-08-11_jeana.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Jeana phlox along patio wall in August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859059777-0GAK4JVZI1416N68W814/2022-09-08_phlox-patio-wall.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Jeana phlox supported by patio wall and mixed perennials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859105168-N89ZGI16D9NT347WHWEU/2022-09-08_phlox-closeup.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Jeana phlox reduced height after May Chelsea Chop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859360544-W08BU8T2G729W6D2901L/2022-08-11_phlox-jeana-black-swallowtail.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Black swallowtail butterfly on Jeana phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859366845-M4CUGNRIYQA3F2MX47UO/2022-08-20_phlox-swallowtail.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Eastern tiger swallowtail on Jeana phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1663859377323-RKI18VALWXF8DIR33JZC/2022-08-11_phlox-jeana-bumblebee.jpg Phlox Paniculata - Bumblebees adore Jeana phlox https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/michele-carmen-makeover daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707065467805-6YJD73EMIW8LYWA5Y9MI/2023-09-02_mailbox-view.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - 2023-09-02_mailbox-view.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664739467703-QDUT748QPY4TCVMZOFMU/2021-10-07_left-side-before.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Before: left side planting bed in heavy shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664739468537-LK63YNWD04Y5PJHG8WSI/2021-10-07_right-side.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Before: right side bed receives morning shade and afternoon sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664739907469-RPTYF9XQQPD69NS0OJSZ/2021-10-07_spirea.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Before: an unsightly, overgrown spirea needs to be removed before we can get to work on the slope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199578631-MC0755OWOJW1ND0MCB7U/2022-06-14_slope-before.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - 2022-06-14_slope-before.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664739914901-TE2ILZ78C2S8Q6ARIXCY/2021-10-07_driveway-view.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Before: old iris and daylilies will be removed in favor of new willow shrubs along the driveway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199733982-CS3T533ZV0LUOSL79KZ9/2022-06-23_facade-left-turf-removed.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Left side planting bed extended to accommodate a layered plant palette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199735318-FVUA18OA5LZ7PTT48PHL/2022-06-23_facade-right-turf-removed.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Right side turf removed to create a large planting bed transitioning to slope down to driveway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664742070882-GRDPED4LB3JTWYJW5JR0/2022-06-21_shawn-boulder-placement2.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Carving out space for boulders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664742070866-FCCIWONNJEM1N06LILGI/2022-06-21_shawn-boulder-placement1.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Large boulders were delivered and 'planted' in the slope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199733977-5V829F1RY6HHH159JEHT/2022-06-23_facade-right-rocks-installed.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Boulders installed and ready for plantings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199943497-5UOMKOPY4HU0JE0MGBTA/2022-06-22_latiffe-plant-removal.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Plant removal begins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199890306-MISO80LZ9ROR1X2EW0TC/2022-06-22_latiffe-remove-boxwood.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Existing boxwood is removed for relocation to a different spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694198325857-PSXKLU8UXG0GZ8TUJZPX/2022-06-23_latiffe-crew.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Holly tree removed to be relocated elsewhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694199053785-RS7QBS7RY8GM8855YUU9/2023-06-23_latiffe-new-soil.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Six yards of garden soil is hauled up to raise up the newly expanded foundation beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694198760050-IXTUU2DZ6ASDANP1V5LU/2022-06-23_latiffe-crew-spruce.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Weeping spruce is moved to new bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200130441-FL2U50YH26WYGZ1M16K9/2023-09-02_street-view.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Street view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707065124873-RHOZ7IOGT29PGG1L5F8T/2023-09-02_mckenney-agastache-purple-haze.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Agastache 'Purple Haze' anchors the mailbox planting scheme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200125677-P1C8V5ILHSBH06VUYHUV/2023-09-02_facade-left.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Approach to front door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200124500-Y64MYG8DIISIXLUN0KJP/2023-09-02_corner-left-to-back.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Left corner plantings obscure mechanicals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200124346-M8B0L95OVC9LIOLWEZLN/2023-09-02_corner-left-conifer-shrubs.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Left facade corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694202237614-M50NZSQIDFNJRH9FHOUL/2023-09-02_left-corner.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Weeping Norway spruce anchors the left facade corner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200125886-BOUAPPA83JEQN1GVKHKL/2023-09-02_facade-left-corner.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Left corner trees and shrubs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200128151-CJISAEIAO8QI1EAKEO2B/2023-09-02_hydrangea-bloom.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Fall foliage and bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200126979-XRGSSIS1EVLSFGQS4D80/2023-09-02_fir-cones.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Cones of silver fir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201373358-MODI0QZFSDOBH275XARS/2022-09-25_front-slope-view.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Approach from driveway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201775346-ZMRAZ2SPX942Z4FQC2PT/2022-09-02_facade-right-flag.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Right facade with redbud 'Forest Pansy' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200073176-OVJCUA6SSNUJEVAISUFQ/2022-10-05_sedum-slope.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Mixed sedum and scabiosa on rocky slope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201373412-NIQW6JF2Y5KZ45VDAKIX/2022-09-21_slope-willows.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Sedum with willows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200127450-KSJK21K2OXDDT2CQQ4KU/2023-09-02_gaura-steps.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Gaura softens granite steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694202442960-FAK1PAF7HMRE766QYM84/2023-09-02_willows-driveway.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Tri-colored willows anchor the lower wall along the driveway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694203501516-UHG76FIZ7M8G1DL6WKGI/2022-08-23_tree-removal.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Large tree removal after storm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694203333031-LSIGW5ZW9CJEGD2AENAB/2022-09-18_perennials-fence.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - A pollinator garden was planted along the fence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694203313755-WF1DNRGJBY07MKY09HXZ/2022-09-14_drip-irrigation.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - All plantings received drip irrigation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201594490-41RRFVS2X7CU56RZGHAM/2023-09-02_larch.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - A weeping larch frames the entrance to the back gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201104570-HTPCAPMPVMYS0RD10412/2022-09-13_monarch-buddleia.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Monarch butterflies on buddleia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694201594526-JOPCJE6QY6EBWGXDGAKW/2023-09-02_hydrangea-rudbeckia-cleome.jpg Michele & Carmen's Makeover - Hydrangea and cleome hide the ac unit https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/seed-planting-instructions daily 0.75 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664752715258-7L4GRQF3PWX503TMKW58/2022-08-28_cinderella-seed-explosion.jpg Seed Planting Instructions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5f7b7959-af50-4f7f-9b3d-1bbb0f2b5a26/2021-07-18_asclepias-cinderella.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Make it stand out Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’, year two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/0614f4da-3ec7-434a-aa71-a1fc7589c227/2018-07-08-asclepias-tuberosa-bumblebee.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Make it stand out Bumblebee feasts upon pollen and nectar from asclepias tuberosa, aka ‘Butterfly Weed’ in The Big Little Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f2dc10fc-c1b7-4d4a-a70b-253e8b1b56fb/2022-09-04_asclepias-seedling.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Make it stand out Asclepias incarnata ‘Cinderella’ seedling volunteer, first year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c231d448-7cec-4fb4-975d-3ae80937e49c/2022-08-28_jewelweed-bumble.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Make it stand out Jewelweed with bumblebee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664806102963-RMKOG0XQXP5036YZU34Q/2022-06-08_jewelweed-zizia.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - May: jewelweed seedlings surround native zizia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664806239721-6SZP5J15IM9FYTIT9D8J/2022-06-08_jewelweed-bush-honeysuckle.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - June 8: jewelweed rises up behind native bush honeysuckle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664806403128-57524IHDK5E5IM6TSVN7/2022-06-22_jewelweed-field-thistle-monarda.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - June 22: jewelweed with giant field thistle and monarda fistulosa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664806640743-9S1EENBM8HNEKOFSDNQB/2022-07-15_jewelweed-milkweed-loosestrife.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - July 15: jewelweed towers over milkweed and loosestrife groundcover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664804708559-10MJZUEXJL57SK89EECR/2022-08-11_jewel-weed1.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - August 22 jewelweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664804709026-T4FMKTCJWK15DVUNWWB7/2022-08-11_jewel-weed2.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - August: covered in blooms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664805191831-ZO6OMLVAOW6FDOX3VGQO/2022-09-08_jewelweed-cloud.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Sept: Jewelweed in a cloud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1664805063886-IPSROUEBOSGXJNFK46VC/2022-08-28_jewelweed-bumble.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Jewelweed with bumblebee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6df1efe0-aad2-4f8e-8935-69baae5e1c0a/2022-10-03_jewelweed-seeds.jpg Seed Planting Instructions - Make it stand out freshly harvested jewelweed seeds ready for planting https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/lobelia-cardinalis daily 0.75 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674230684578-I9HKUEFJLKPQX0A4GJNA/2015-08-04_lobelia-cardinalis.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674232226983-RGVHIU0ZN2JGGDG11XDL/2015-08-04_lobelia-cardinalis.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - lobelia cardinalis species in mixed border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674232246906-0TJYG1Q32TJO37FYPPBV/2018-07-30-kitchen-lobelia.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - lobelia 'Black Truffle' cultivar sports dark foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674232278886-N4TQV8NLVKPC161JUOFW/2018-08-06-kitchen-lobelila1.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - lobelia cardinalis hummingbird magnet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674233245377-6HY8GPCI4BGDOKJNKHUP/2018-08-06-kitchen-path1.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - lobelia cardinalis with joe pye weed and filipendula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674241345326-7RSAMT3L7V1YGA3HPARL/2021-08-09_lobelia-nectar-feeders-window-view.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - August view out kitchen window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674241432053-2RZ8626JIK6UQ5LVFSNE/2021-08-15_lobelia-south-bed.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - Lobelia cardinalis, August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674241665007-ATZZOF1Z6F8E4C56SX3I/2018-08-21_lobelia-bloom.jpg Lobelia Cardinalis - Lobelia cardinalis serves up nectar for hummingbirds https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shade-garden-design daily 0.75 2023-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674523603952-40K4CWB00PVC7X2PPC9F/2021-06-03_gail-blue-bunny.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/915baf2f-e5c9-4a28-bb5a-7acb0fe782cd/2017-05-18_gail-before.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ccfb80fc-cd13-4a41-9158-056399a6ae98/20212-06-03_gillenia.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Make it stand out Native gillenia trifoliata lightens up this shady spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583945133-SP9A0R1PTUYLDJ2QUVJ8/2017-05-17_before2.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583897670-6OXK8MOOQP9LZWN4MUSB/2017-06-21_vbn-trip.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Shopping for native plants at Van Berkum Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583905294-GY85E3ZHK2CS1AETJY6Z/2017-06-23_vbn-perennials.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Plants set out for designing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674584061761-7IRW8ASBP1UA6TZV50F1/merrill-2017-after-1.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Plants in their new home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583968795-YP2B75J8GUT240SL6ZWR/merrill-2017-after-4.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Settling in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583929608-N3MD7DZQ6ME8AHQV591N/merrill-2017-08-25.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Textural foliage is the key to this garden's beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674583998007-LZCDG0X5LFQDH6DVMD5E/merrill-2017-after-3.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Stepping stones help break up and accent foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674584574579-BLI6GGDF6KF6UJTK9T2O/2021-06-03_ladies-mantle.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Ladies mantle and Japanese forest grass bring pops of lime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674584595373-34DNQ14CZ5SRWAD90E4E/20212-06-03_gillenia.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Native gillenia trifoliata lightens up the shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674584595756-BMTZ6RV5L86HG0GWYR2Z/20212-06-03_garden-with-baskets.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Year 4 in the garden with colorful hanging baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674584574269-J62MVYSVEODLMC9X78BE/2021-06-03_tree-fern.jpg Gail's Shady Hideaway - Ferns and mosses naturally growing on tree bark https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/monarda-bee-balm-zone5b daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674402140596-HL42ZIZ9TBOF0DQSJ2DQ/2022-07-15_monarda-asclepias-west.jpg Monarda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1004b3ec-08b5-4af4-9d49-84092893e8ba/2022-06-08_monarda-bradburiana.jpg Monarda - Make it stand out Monarda bradburiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9eb89978-a6b5-4f0b-bdf6-a5d43cb1f25a/2022-07-11_monarda-raspberry-wine.jpg Monarda - Make it stand out Monarda ‘Raspberry Wine’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5710d08f-3a3a-4a74-9b93-193e0cfa9410/2013-07-12+22.22.01.jpg Monarda - Make it stand out Female ruby-throat hummingbird on ‘Raspberry Wine’ bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/de962fcb-b512-4b07-b66b-013a0ad270eb/2021-07-20_monarda-fistulosa-meadow2.jpg Monarda - Make it stand out monarda fistulosa https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/carols-accidental-garden daily 0.75 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674652743444-XHMD4GM7CY4Q70AEKYN1/2022-09-21_cairn-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b2f4e35c-7dcb-40b6-a3c5-b12fbd42a6a1/bosun-tug.jpeg Carol's Accidental Garden - Make it stand out It’s all about the doggies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674736409923-4PPSNR1YPJZ71HGAIR6I/2021-04-07_fence-entrance.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Entrance area to backyard will be upgraded with new pavers and a garden bed anchored with a tall tri-colored willow and underplanted with colorful perennials to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674736494431-N1ZNNAZL6V7QNVBY0WZA/2021-04-07_garage-ghost.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Artificial turf will no longer be needed once pavers are installed. A row of ninebark shrubs with dark purple foliage will be planted along the garage for contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660022831-6CT42XBPOLODL08ZMGSS/2021-04-07_pool-garage.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - The beautiful pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost' will remain to anchor a new garden along the garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660040710-KEW1RG6M9P2YX6UBSOF7/2021-05-21_head-of-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - The head of the pool will receive low, lush plantings to be viewed from the deck and from within the pool. All turf between pool and fence will be replaced with ornamental grasses and groundcover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660068679-QH0B5YJOLP17PZ3CFY6Y/2021-05-21_view-to-pear-corner.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - The large lawn will be removed and a curvaceous strip of sod will connect the pool area to the back fence, giving dogs a place to play. The alberta spruce will find a home in the ground, finally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674659662048-V10Y5ZFJ468SRAPXE7FX/2021-05-21_view-to-pine-corner.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - A private seating area is planned with a variety of large and small conifers, a Japanese maple and Stewartia tree, variegated groundcovers and flowering shrubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674736554507-VLJ540NOMS5MVCCP73ES/2021-05-21_cherry-euonymous.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - The weeping cherry and euonymous shrub will be removed and replaced with a tall weeping beech, ornamental grasses and pollinator garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674736996178-F5P7ZAO8GBYLZ31C7PMM/2021-06-15_kousa.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - The Kousa dogwood will be retained and pruned to control shape and growth. Companion trees, shrubs and perennials will be installed to connect the tree to the rest of the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9435f3c9-30b9-485d-af0c-9cf248930553/2021-07-20_steve-mowing.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Make it stand out Small trees are purchased and brought home to begin the ‘design process’. Steve is looking forward to having less lawn to mow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660404702-7RRRE6Y1ANY9XF4W7298/2021-08-04_millican-cuppresina.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Picea abies 'Cupressina' (Norway Spruce) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660459790-RLRSBWL7173KGWIS2VFR/2021-09-03_crippsii.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Chamaecyparis 'Crippsii' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660417205-VZE2OCSGS32PRFKBW9KJ/2021-08-04_millican-densata.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Picea glauca 'Densata' (white spruce) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660438196-F87PU155O691F956F9ZQ/2021-09-03_acrocana.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Picea abies 'Acrocona' (Norway Spruce) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660472674-RH8OHLNRP971JBNTMW7Q/2021-09-03_hemlock.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Tsuga canadensis 'Humphrey Welch' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660494791-KTO9Y6LWXXU11QHP9KL8/2021-09-03_umbrella-pine.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Sciadopitys verticillata 'Japanese Umbrella Pine' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660508387-O7B6VAXIMH7DI9LF894Y/2021-10-12_frasier-fir.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Abies frasieri 'Frasier Fir' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674660587283-ZLKVYU21CLIWZR6LG8R9/2021-10-21_tagging-stewartia.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Stewartia pseudocamellia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673386348-TSMYWNXCBUCVXJZLBNPF/2021-10-13_turf-paver-removal.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Old patio pavers are removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674736163052-F7R8622GA3FVJP8W37L4/2021-10-13_defining-patio.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Arborvitae in corner by fence is removed to make way for 'Cuppresina' spruce, basic paving area and planting areas are marked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673842385-608ZCKER5JKWFODRFC2G/2021-10-18_view-to-house.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - All turf has been removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673494690-TAH763X8JAB2GW7TRSR5/2021-10-13_pear-removal.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Invasive Bradford pear is removed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673455756-MQTTW135L6BVTNUJSKPB/2021-10-13_painting-lines.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Bill Parker identifies hardscaping lines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673540375-PUIWEULCOCK2UE32CKKL/2021-10-18_millican-delivery1.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - First Millican Nurseries delivery of trees arrives! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674739811089-0QLQ7M9JNGWDCNGZO153/2021-10-18_garden-soil-delivery.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - First of two garden soil deliveries for tree planting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673834082-WJPTE0E524RMLS1XA259/2021-10-18_offloading.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Offloading of trees begins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673689124-Z7PVZECZN2IQXALI13GF/2021-10-18_houde_acrocana.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the 'Acrocona' weeping spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674739550169-CTIGBPL0BSUUO6JPL1F6/2021-10-18_cuppresina-digger.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Digging hole for 'Cuppresina' spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674739242701-N9ZT11G5BKZK8NQSHPHL/2021-10-18_jaqui-digs-hole.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Preparing hole for 'Cuppresina' spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673423582-B03OEO8LJ672Z53EIPEG/2021-10-18_planting-cuppresina.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the 'Cupressina' spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673613506-5CD98A0JMT6H30OIT2UH/2021-10-28_installing-beech.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Checking size of planting hole for beech 'Purple Fountain' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673838437-IAK5AWLDE2118MZ3YHI8/2021-10-18_planting-frasier-fir.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Here comes the beautiful Frasier fir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673777777-IA14PBYKOMPMPX3XXPBJ/2021-10-18_houde-weeping-spruce.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the weeping Norway Spruce, picea abies 'Pendula' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673775203-ZL7NRTZY3WXCD7HEOSD7/2021-10-18_houde-picea-densata.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the 'Densata' spruce. After a hole the same depth as root ball and twice as wide is dug, all of the burlap and bale wire is removed from root ball before planting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674675829416-0SBQ3GE43KLOLCS2BENV/2021-10-27_millican-delivery2.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Second delivery of trees from Millican Nurseries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673613395-SAFLQBZMQQJ2QTR2F7UN/2021-10-28_installing-stewartia.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the stewartia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674740926938-X5J45XFVJH7DDWT0CLDL/2021-10-18_hemlock-sling.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Fitting the sling to lift the hemlock to its planting hole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673776786-ZVNUUFJMPIP5ZJPA8KX7/2021-10-18_houde-tsuga.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the hemlock 'Humphrey Welch' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674675199016-C822BJ0SZ76GL8Y3OTI7/2021-10-28_installing-fukuzumi.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Planting the Japanese white pine 'Fukuzumi' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674676075383-3CPGZVSR45CM7XYH50HU/2021-11-02_boulder-pile.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Boulders ready for 'planting' throughout the landscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674673615702-4QSP34ODGONJNTTGE746/2021-11-01_colin-boulder-installation.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Installing a large boulder at the head of the pool for a focal point in the planting bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674676131523-32Q8DMJB6TY4QWU92TI0/2021-11-02_boulder-beech.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Boulder planted by weeping beech. Check out that fall foliage on the beech and the cones on the little weeping Norway spruce 'Acrocana'! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688485730-12WQKPWEL5VBWKNX7GTN/2021-11-01_stewartia-shed.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - November: One of my favorite views of the Stewartia looking back toward shed with 'Fukuzumi' white pine on the left and the umbrella pine in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688449962-M31U06ADXHIPZZBLEQ8E/2021-11-01_jap-maple.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - November: Japanese Maple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688649700-QEW3BKCDYMLH6O7O5YSI/2021-11-01_densata-hemlock-silberlocke.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - November: conifer corner, 'Densata' spruce, 'Humphrey Welch' hemlock, 'Horst' Silberlocke' fir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674690299991-9JRVVM3LJFQ52MW2I3JN/2021-11-01_umbrella-pine.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - November: Japanese Umbrella Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cfec1e32-e704-4f98-84ce-4bbd31886715/bosun-tug-feet.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Make it stand out Bosun & Tug and humans relaxing in the new garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686691875-16E5W69JL8HZQQ6RVH6V/2022-05-26_stonepost.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Carol & Susannah from Stonepost Nursery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686226954-4U3SF6JI8AWT6ID3O7NV/2022-06-01_entrance-willow.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - May: entrance to garden with tri-colored willow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686344248-9S03TJXBTJH1EZZLHQN2/2022-07-08_stipa-allium-morticia.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - July: Weeping Norway Spruce oversees the progress of the newly planted Mexican Feather Grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674695377496-NT2YD1ANGYEXA49NJG72/2022-07-08_lawn.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - July: Japanese maple and conifers in the mixed border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674695666527-YS8UTMB6K7GA9XQAOSHE/2022-07-08_stipa-allium1.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - July: Mexican Feather Grass and allium by pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674695497682-QM5J384C6E01X9CEMEG3/2022-fish.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - July: Carol's ceramic fish appear to swim through the waves of grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686271874-GJ90YGMK19UZCJZ717SL/2022-09-21_entrance.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: entrance to garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688108796-5YQJVTW1JOZIVX63V63V/2022-09-21_ghost-redbud.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: white pine 'Ghost' and redbud 'Flame Thrower' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686394054-DORPUP4ZM6D2SOJQFVUO/2022-09-21_cairn-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: view of pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686416345-EOKT36WDPVAAEIFA8WW8/2022-09-21_euphorbia.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: euphorbia and grasses by pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686441147-42KXL317LMNIPJEI09JV/2022-09-21_grasses-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September view of pool plantings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686303571-IF9V2GEJY6LZ8O2SLKGK/2022-09-21_amistad-garage.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: tri-colored willow underplanted with salvia 'Amistad' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686371837-M2FLLZGPT0LYH0ZVWHF3/2022-09-21_adagio-garage.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: view from pool to garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674687969036-MPCNW6FBEY1GT1NRDIRB/2022-09-21_fukuzumi.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: Japanese white pine 'Fukuzumi' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686474171-8IDNWGHSDRQV0OP5XTAC/2022-09-21_head-of-pool-patio.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: view of deck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686507418-XD7ZOC6823ZSENCBR96F/2022-09-21_head-of-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: view from deck across pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686538041-G6X53A8MVY3WEYRYGR7Q/2022-09-21_morticia-stipa.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: looking toward back of property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686559513-UW4JNEDJMMFVW9KNEJTS/2022-09-21_morticia-deck.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: looking back to house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674832192688-Y04JQZAUQE70QSE0XJTI/bosun-2022.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Bosun loves his new garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674689806736-8NK7SCEJHOOUIIEEPJ7T/2022-09-21_birch-lawn.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: young birch tree at edge of lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674689848729-MS42IINH8JXZ0V32990H/2022-09-21_climber-tree.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: flowering climber on maple tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686578186-KBXQ9Y62OLBM4YAEWQ33/2022-09-21_redbud.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: redbud 'Flame Thrower' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688050750-KV5SAB1Y7J3KEWM9WG9B/2022-09-21_redbud-foliage.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: redbud foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688012468-DN6FXJ70GKAAM4FTUC62/2022-09-21_perennials1.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: perennial border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686625587-KGUW2YHGQPWEKK88WHJU/2022-09-21_succulent-container.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: Carol's pot of succulents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688999160-6LVU3OWLO08NRKA2EBFK/2022-10-04_pauls-select-norway-spruce.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - October: Norway spruce 'Paul's Select' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674688292243-3KOVMVR4YPD29GKYRBDI/2022-09-21_morning-light.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - September: miscanthus 'Morning Light' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674686642295-3IZWRCDAC5MREBQECCKP/2022-10-04_head-of-pool.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - October: head of pool area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864043469-RCP0BGASEUISJIVBE2KW/PXL_20220921_165305392.MP.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864036674-EMWF72927EDO2R5YSGKX/acrocona-cones.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Spring pine cones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864036802-F7H0MMRYW1BH3N8KJ4PV/beech-woman-form.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - European beech foliage - we think this looks like a woman on a walkabout! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864040887-BBJA99ML2Z4CCZBACWN6/horstman-cones.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean fir spring cones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864041885-8LLB2OXG9CRS42OJOII5/morticia-cones.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Norway spruce pendula ('Morticia') sporting her spring cones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674865203565-VQ5R604C2MOJGET9ILNA/pugsley.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - New growth on 'Pugsley' the dwarf Norway weeping spruce 'Pendula' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864041917-ZOT3TCTKQI04KS8YGZJ9/paul-select-cones.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Spruce 'Paul's Select' spring cones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1674864042992-H8MFQIBS9LTNW10ECSZD/tri-colored-willow-foliage.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Tri-colored willow foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694260405350-RH7EDQ9J3J2F5N6GNLA5/2023-06-05_anemone-conifers.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Spring anemone in conifer garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694260440913-F3BN5NP9W38YF3HRT653/2023-07-24_sourwood.jpeg Carol's Accidental Garden - Sourwood tree added spring 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1698494065253-7PM7N9RWEYA1YR9L7I8F/2023-10-25_sourwood_shed.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Sourwood sports its fall foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1698494153522-2DQGGCFIS8HPXTZ7BE1J/2023-10-23_oakleaf-bugbane.jpg Carol's Accidental Garden - Oakleaf hydrangea with bugbane in late October https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/why-native-plants daily 0.75 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1718753206194-MK4OZZ3ALQEZEIJZ43B2/filipendula2.jpg Why Native Plants - filipendula2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/74e3bad3-281d-40c1-9dc6-d8b4afb64e93/deb-wiseman-warbler-caterpillars-crop.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Warbler with caterpillars, photo credit Deb Wiseman Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1613320593924-OFKRECNK19NINROW3BUK/2019-10-01_verbena-painted-lady-bumblebee.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Painted Lady butterfly and bumblebee on verbena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8ce0228f-1a77-47cd-bedc-0d59d2e1c1d0/2020-07-25_swallowtail-caterpillar-dill.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Swallowtail caterpillar feasts on fennel in my garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/82f4621a-feea-4c26-b6d5-f576f236f4e2/2018-07-11_echinacea-sweat-bee.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Native coneflowers are preferred by beneficial insects like this sweat bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c641b243-7719-4a8e-b64e-a12eafa75b93/dung-beetle.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Proud dung beetle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b74da82e-af1e-477b-8142-3d25d7aedd58/Callery-pear.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Callery pear invade and compete with natural plant communities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/df2ed792-ba22-4679-acc7-21d3453d697c/2022-10-16_viburnum-foliage-berries.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out My viburnum foliage and berries in November https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/aaf27180-10cc-487c-a10b-3c86ba1e1ae8/2024-11-12_shrub-removal.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Removal of Japanese barberry shrub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/230b03b5-5022-492c-8a09-6787c3a4a18d/franklinia-bumblebee.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Bumblebee feasting on nectar of my Franklinia tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/3df66e5f-f159-460a-bc12-3e8eb73d06c5/mason-bee-poppy.jpg Why Native Plants - Make it stand out Native Mason bee on my annual poppy ~ a non-native plant that provides nectar and pollen https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/childrens-nature-books daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/groundcovers-as-mulch daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1623454598859-UP57B4JOXOFL9SWV0HMY/2021-06-10_vignette.jpg Groundcovers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694260953909-76F2Z4E4U1CK6ULIYSOI/2023-06-05_anemone-conifers.jpg Groundcovers - Anemone canadensis in conifer garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680810650679-S7DAS00U6O6CY85031HI/2020-06-05_berm-groundcover.jpg Groundcovers - June tapestry of Solomon's Seal, heuchera, hosta and lady's mantle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680801288150-H2GR90I0P8WYN0WNBDHH/2021-09-13_berm-moss.jpg Groundcovers - Anemonopsis macryphylla emerges through a sea of ferns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680800734176-THRVVZARY48PVHTX0HI2/2020-05-24-solomons-seal.jpg Groundcovers - Solomon's seal is fetching along the path to gazebo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680810724388-5KC5RI1AC9D3QAA1P424/2020-05-24-mixed-shade-moss-garden.jpg Groundcovers - Solomon's seal arches over tiarella, wild ginger and primula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680814436994-46YZ3OUCRSK6SE4E2LCP/2018-08-06_heuchera-plumbago.jpg Groundcovers - Heuchera with plumbago in late summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680890138596-UG8T8CLAG03YY7WPZ9FU/2018-09-25_plumbago.jpg Groundcovers - Plumbago blooms late in summer before foliage turns magnificent shades of orange and red https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680800869186-YFQS86L7MLLQOTDCNAP1/2022-07-17_moss-ginger.jpg Groundcovers - European ginger with moss and sensitive fern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680812038069-602XJB7HA0UJZM2G84ZF/2018-06-11_alchemilla-heuchera.jpg Groundcovers - June: lady's mantle with purple heuchera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680800773645-WX7ZL0HMQRJMVUGINBPN/2022-05-27_stick-man-ferns-ligularia.jpg Groundcovers - Hay-scented fern mingles with broad leaf ligularia under the tall pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680800803280-KYQ9L2JNIFH6U1YALUXO/2022-06-13_berm-painted-fern.jpg Groundcovers - Japanese painted fern with solomon's seal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680800956058-57GID75J1R24DS3ZN7ZU/2018-05-14_ferns-trillium-epimedium.jpg Groundcovers - Lady ferns with trillium and epimedium grow happily at the base of the birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680890045566-X7PE8XBEZ8G4TGWP1G5O/2018-06-05_froggy-ginger.jpg Groundcovers - European ginger contrasts beautifully with the limey yellow of aralia 'Sun King' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/3e9398e9-04bc-48c6-aa22-02cba8701fa1/2022-06-12_hakonechloa-alchemilla-merrill.jpg Groundcovers - Make it stand out Hakonechloa ‘Aureola’ parties with Lady’s Mantle in client garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680815854483-X9UYKZO73JXF3U1KI2TC/2021-09-20_ginger-mikawa.jpg Groundcovers - Shady groundcover along front walkway eliminates the need for bark mulch under the trees and shrubs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680813639993-NA94NY7MLBLRRG4PHV8V/2021-05-19_hellebores-gallium.jpg Groundcovers - Sweet woodruff blooms in spring with hellebores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680813558801-S0RZK2R45JPXB45Q6NKX/2022-06-20_ginger-sweet-woodruff.jpg Groundcovers - Sedum blooms with wild ginger, sweet woodruff bloom has passed but foliage still looks fresh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680833739524-I0N7S7DG5ABMA8YLOLSC/2020-05-23_sweet-woodruff-gravel-garden.jpg Groundcovers - Sweet woodruff blooms in spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680816115093-PMH2O16AOR9GSBW5DWOG/2020-07-08_sempervivum-blooming.jpg Groundcovers - Hens and chicks bloom across the path in the sunny gravel garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680833837156-3YPAS34IW3WW21C3YKK3/2020-07-08_sempervivum-stone-wall.jpg Groundcovers - Sempervivum blooms in mid summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680816136364-APLY9BMA0AD3DZL4BU4Z/2022-07-11_sedum-poppies-penstemon.jpg Groundcovers - Sedum groundcover with California poppies and penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680833770423-KU9GOJ9RFUY7MT3X5ITX/2021-07-10_sedum-gravel-garden-bloom.jpg Groundcovers - Harry stands guard over sedum border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680833951305-8OHKDEZ5L2074E71E9VH/2020-08-16_stone-to-gate.jpg Groundcovers - Grasses and billowy perennials soften Goshen stone path in client garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680833975432-ZPY9FG9DC80L6TU82S20/2020-06-26_lysimachia-patio.jpg Groundcovers - Lysimachia's yellow blooms provide color for weeks along the patio in client garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680909509626-IS5JU5QQ279YF1M1J6ED/2021-06-15_gravel-hens-chicks-thyme.jpg Groundcovers - Hens & chicks with wooly thyme in sunny gravel garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680909532655-H6Y10TICOIZRRU1ZRT26/2022-06-01_clematis-gravel-garden.jpg Groundcovers - Wandering clematis with lewisia and golden sedum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680834706650-4WCSKQ10OX7MBG82XAQX/2020-07-08_sedum-agave.jpg Groundcovers - Sedum 'Fuldaglut' blooms in June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680909472208-0SUHTRK70BEEOXTTT5HO/2020-07-06_gravel-sedum-lavender.jpg Groundcovers - Assorted sedum travel through gravel garden with lavender and allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680834648056-8VCDXRQD5RFCJX3DWYED/2018-08-21_sedum-rock-wall.jpg Groundcovers - Sedum softens rock wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680834527301-7JAAIOLXAQBP3XCRBX0A/2020-09-25_cranesbill-rozanne.jpg Groundcovers - Cranesbill 'Rozanne' billows over stone path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680834527067-Y1VKRV6D83WFIISFRLR2/2020-09-25_cranesbill-rozanne-closeup.jpg Groundcovers - Cranesbill 'Rozanne' blooms over 4 months https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680912361567-QEZS3AI2F8EHDLP34YP8/2019-06-23_amsonia-east.jpg Groundcovers - Amsonia 'Blue Ice' with trollius 'Golden Queen' and purple allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1680834676835-IF3GM102UH7VX00RL2BW/2021-06-10_bellflower-jap-maple.jpg Groundcovers - Campanula 'Blue Rapido' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1681304776841-TY0HD663WUP0BY4FYLZM/2019-09-30_hakonechloa-all-gold-plume.jpg Groundcovers - Hakonechloa/Japanese Forest Grass 'All Gold' in part sun border https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/clover-lawns daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690474630708-ITJLUATCODYTUQI0G6B7/clover-lawn-bunny.jpg Clover Lawns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d5850c1a-87eb-4817-8af2-72571c5f2182/2020-06-06_clover-closeup.jpg Clover Lawns - Make it stand out Closeup of our mini clover lawn during the summer of July, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e00c1dfb-91ef-4035-85bd-f494c2eca178/2023-06-27_clover-two-bunnies.jpg Clover Lawns - Make it stand out 6/27/23: two bunnies feasting on clover lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cdc0b5c3-c0b7-4e87-b640-1a97d759a4a6/2020-07-09_clover-two-bunnies.jpg Clover Lawns - Make it stand out July, 2020: two bunnies in clover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690478071563-K003PZ9RS1SLTRNG6WOA/2020-07-05_clover-harry.jpg Clover Lawns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690478088990-HFK5LMKOBS2XOJODXVB3/2020-07-11_clover-lawn.jpg Clover Lawns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690478107209-X2UQQ8IW8UEQUUC5J14A/2019-07-19_clover-bunny.jpg Clover Lawns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690478413020-S6VGGIU5A2ROV09HONX8/2023-07-26_clover-bunnies-mr-peanut.jpg Clover Lawns https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/mountain-mint daily 0.75 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693593008375-AHKE4FEYWUGUBM68T766/2023-09-01_pycnathemum1.jpg Mountain Mint - 2023-09-01_pycnathemum1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a43e4df8-38aa-4191-908b-27ca0b9a5841/2023-09-01_pycnathemum-bumblebee.jpg Mountain Mint - Make it stand out Bumblebee on pycnanthemum muticum in The Big Little Garden 9/1/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e58a9ef2-4d7c-46d7-8d68-f718827dfc0b/2023-09-01_pycnanthemum-ricinus.jpg Mountain Mint - Make it stand out Pycnanthemum’s silvery foliage and bloom contrasts beautifully with the maroon foliage of ricinus communis, aka castor bean plant https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/gillenia-trifoliata daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693852687183-1Z3HJOGYZ9CS771Y5CUG/2023-06-22_gillenia-patio.jpg Gillenia - 2023-06-22_gillenia-patio.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/4b817b1c-08ce-41fc-986d-05bc3c5c3976/2021-06-14_gillenia-closeup.jpg Gillenia - Make it stand out Gillenia trifoliata produces 5 pointed white star blooms in June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854367735-L2ABXYKEWZP4FVVHM8LV/2018-06-06_gillenia.jpg Gillenia - The light, airy nature of gillenia helps to soften hardscaping and boulders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854375033-FIIFUTUWLRWWW84X8N33/2018-06-10_gillenia-water-basin.jpg Gillenia - Gillenia is sited at the southwest corner of the house, helping to obscure the water basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854383088-R8S1PS21MO6PK99V75TH/2018-06-11_gille+nia.jpg Gillenia - Gillenia performs as an understory plant in shade, although does not achieve the girth and height of those grown in a bit more sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854393696-VSG1PA7YOU2QC33XPL0L/2023-06-11_gillenia.jpg Gillenia - Gillenia's abundant June blooms https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/rudbeckia-coneflower daily 0.75 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693869649838-BQC4SYIYXT8QF29C8UGE/2022-09-07_little-henry.jpg Rudbeckia - 2022-09-07_little-henry.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/964738e2-bf35-48ef-8694-9ed0aabcffdd/2023-09-05_rudbeckia-boulders.jpg Rudbeckia - Make it stand out Black-eyed Susan, early September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694042353142-G542AV55QK5ISPJE3QFM/2022-09-08_rudbeckia-agastache.jpg Rudbeckia - Rudbeckia 'Little Henry' with agastache and helianthus in September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694044545191-G2KA9VVVPGPGQ7WH6LI2/2023-07-09_rudymax-monarda-amsonia.jpg Rudbeckia - Rudbeckia maxima towers over bee balm and amsonia in west border in July https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694042259970-OV3ID48OJS5BRRSVLSEE/2020-08-20_rudbeckia-seed-heads.jpg Rudbeckia - Rudbeckia seed heads with feathery amsonia foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694042224544-4Q95WB8T8O04VDI6727P/2019-08-24-cleome-rudbekia.jpg Rudbeckia - Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' in boulder bed https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/amsonia-bluestar daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694179981671-5MTKCY9E07IARD1N7CTS/2020-06-06_amsonia-bugbane.jpg Amsonia - 2020-06-06_amsonia-bugbane.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/fe3158bd-c555-4646-8fc6-215a155e22e9/2022-amsonia-jakober.jpg Amsonia - Make it stand out Amsonia hubrichtii sports May blooms in client garden with salvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c34d2baa-df05-4468-9554-626e7268d85e/2020-10-20_amsonia-boulder-bed2.jpg Amsonia - Make it stand out Amsonia hubrichtii in October with purple foliage penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694181401879-EIARCOLDLQZOP1FC7RLX/2020-06-21_amsonia-blue-ice.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia 'Blue Ice' groundcover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1697456227571-ZG5V8IGVKD4AK3UST5W2/2023-06-06_amsonia-window.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia hubrichtii covers basement window, June 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1697456226534-7ESEAL8YRTB7WL4EZ2R2/2023-06-06_amsonia-west.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia hubrichtii in west border, June 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1697456226560-KRWLMFEXLEBYVC7A9O3R/2023-06-06_amsonia-west2.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia hubrichtii blooms under birch tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694044545191-G2KA9VVVPGPGQ7WH6LI2/2023-07-09_rudymax-monarda-amsonia.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia hubrichtii interplanted with giant coneflower and monarda/bee balm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694042259970-OV3ID48OJS5BRRSVLSEE/2020-08-20_rudbeckia-seed-heads.jpg Amsonia - Rudbeckia seed heads with feathery amsonia foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694181374885-U009U9UIYEJGVXAJV6WX/2020-10-19_jakober-amsonia-anemone.jpg Amsonia - Amsonia hubrichtii changing color in fall behind anemone 'Pamina' in client garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/opium-poppies-from-seed daily 0.75 2024-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694259649751-HMVR46SM63NCOSF2KQVC/2023-07-13_poppy.jpg Poppies - 2023-07-13_poppy.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/93ac3568-d6a7-498b-8402-4d6cd436dda7/2023-06-23_poppy-grape.jpg Poppies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/8db9a226-25de-489a-be26-1bcd55632538/2023-5-16_poppy-seedlings.jpg Poppies - Make it stand out 5/16/23 poppy seedlings recently transplanted from their winter seed sowing pots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707663359683-GHU3KE7ZNLC9XTMRBNKJ/2023-06-23_poppies-east1.jpg Poppies - Hungarian poppy blooms and seed pods in mixed border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707663359652-DH268CT8UK2FGWF1DAI2/2023-07-01_poppy-pods.jpg Poppies - Opium poppy pods on July 1st https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707663360360-WUS1GMYJRYZ8OJ8SFXFD/2023-07-09_poppy-white.jpg Poppies - 'Sissinghurst White' opium poppy with native bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707663388544-8Q6YOF2RVO1H9WB9GAR0/2023-07-13_poppy-pods.jpg Poppies - 'Hungarian Blue' opium poppy, July 13th https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/umbellifers-fennel-carrot-dill daily 0.75 2023-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694434132127-5WXT4DHI84JR40DLWKZF/2023-07-27_dara-fountain-straight.jpg Umbellifers - 2023-07-27_dara-fountain-straight.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/6d3a6e9e-3bf4-4a3c-88ec-b6db2aba9329/2023-08-09_dara-bumblebee.jpg Umbellifers - Make it stand out ‘Dara’ umbellifer with bumblebee in early August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694436474272-5UNE2HYZ5T52WQ8VWWUJ/2023-09-05_bronze-fennel-agastache.jpg Umbellifers - Bronze fennel blooms emerge through blooms of agastache 'Blue Boa' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694874810530-WE7UNP922H7X2UL7V762/2023-07-13_see-through.jpg Umbellifers - Queen Anne's Lace with veronicastrum and knifophia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694436583308-S1D43SGA5FUAVB5QKO0B/2023-08-09_swallowtail-caterpillar-fennel.jpg Umbellifers - Eastern swallowtail caterpillar feasts on bronze fennel foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694437592648-Y62PJ82RDH7LGF6CDCYX/2023-09-07_bronze-fennel-agastache-geum.jpg Umbellifers - September blooms of bronze fennel with agastache and geum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694875075792-WWGT5HAG45N3IGJNY8D5/2023-07-23_qal_bumblebee.jpg Umbellifers - Bumblebees love Queen Anne's Lace umbellibers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695078293923-OCXUA7GAJR8XC1I6060J/2023-08-13_dara.jpg Umbellifers - 'Dara' umbellifer in August https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/gaura-oneothera-lindheimeri daily 0.75 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694874321075-O45LZ0G2LYLGKXGNX1ZN/2023-09-02_gaura-hot-lips.jpg Gaura - 2023-09-02_gaura-hot-lips.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694200127450-KSJK21K2OXDDT2CQQ4KU/2023-09-02_gaura-steps.jpg Gaura - Make it stand out Gaura softens the hard surfaces of granite steps and boulders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694975327340-6245L9M76OTSAH23KVD1/2023-07-13_gaura-bumblebee.jpg Gaura - Make it stand out Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies’ attracts non-stop bumblebees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694975136494-GBMYNGMY05O0I3NFBQMS/2023-09-07_gaura-rosey-jane.jpg Gaura - Gaura 'Rosy Jane' September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707064273077-7AZSQRUNC6Z4PH8LVIIM/2023-06-26_gaura-pink-bumblebee.jpg Gaura - 2023-06-26_gaura-pink-bumblebee.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694975250564-ZDWRMLOGYXCBCY1WYB8M/2023-07-13_gaura-poppies.jpg Gaura - 'Whirling Butterflies' with poppies and red valerian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694976060916-A1730F4WYUW8R1PMXYBQ/2023-07-18_gaura-allium.jpg Gaura - 'Whirling Butterflies' with allium 'Millenium' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694976323092-ZBYH4H0FZHSB85DF3FMC/2023-09-01_gaura-agastache.jpg Gaura - Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' mingles with agastache 'Blue Fortune' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1694976060910-WWVCQQDF9YVRBAPJVY4H/2023-07-18_gaura-containers-garage.jpg Gaura - Gaura grown in containers https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/how-to-design-with-flower-shape daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695082375536-BHMTVMHLJ09LF1NZVW37/2023-06-21_east-bed-shapes.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - 2023-06-21_east-bed-shapes.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695081505880-MVRDC27MH3R8KYO1E6DP/2023-06-13_persicaria-polymorpha-lambert.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Client garden: persicaria polymorpha, yarrow and allium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/49186a2b-66e4-4570-917a-c3a8d2965545/2023-06-16_salvia-penstemon-lambert.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Client garden: salvia and penstemon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d7797ad3-cad0-4bc0-9146-7f0e55377115/2023-06-17_primula-bulleesiana-east-bed.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out The Big Little Garden: candelabra primrose and Japanese forest grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1690500724570-W6P0QUGE619S8UPOY3UF/2023-07-17_mailbox-after-rain.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Veronicastrum, knifophia and Queen Anne’s Lace in the sunny mailbox garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/0021d906-d472-4a30-a527-2fa1bd66f670/2019-10-02_persicaria-gravel.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Persicaria ‘Firetail’ enlivens this dry, sunny space in the gravel garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/9b1d2efe-15e1-4bc8-9c85-8298024c9472/martagon-lily-mix.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Martagon lilies rise above a sea of Japanese forest grass in the east garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/38567c01-18f2-4c94-b692-5e88196d310a/2018-09-21-verbena-monarch2.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Verbena bonariensis is the original see-through plant and a powerhouse pollinator plant, too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/b027779c-76af-4a6c-b082-e447d3ab2736/2020-06-08_allium-east-bed.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out ‘Purple Sensation’ allium pairs well with the golden spikes of baptisia in the east garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/f438b53f-3c41-43e3-b7b8-15011c766d9a/2018-06-02_allium-boulder-bed.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ with amsonia hubrichtii and Persian knapweed, early June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/660e800b-c914-4246-b81f-83a4f1cd18b3/2022-fish.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Drumstick allium float over the wispy tops of stipa grass in Carol’s Accidental Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/e35ac781-490a-430c-a29e-fa8a0a2476ad/2020-06-14_schubertii.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Allium ‘Schubertii’ in the east garden, mid-June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/7ad412a8-024d-4908-a3e6-cae345ba432b/2022-05-29_jakober-amsonia-salvia.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Salvia ‘Caradonna’ spikes with soft puffs of ‘blue star’/amsonia hubrichtii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/81a369a5-2a70-45c5-92cb-d829caa604b0/2023-07-09_knifophia.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Kniphofia in the mailbox garden with spiky candelabras of veronicastrum behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d2ae2da8-ec70-413f-8e3f-daf3a77ee489/2022-08-09_persicaria-jpw.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ blooms over 4 months! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/16633f9f-2985-4a2a-9e9d-95a6588b6146/2023-06-16_moonshine.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out ‘Moonshine’ achillea with persicaria polymorpha in June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5231dd74-ac9c-4ca8-b5b8-b8b077119f02/2023-07-18_pretty-belinda.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Achillea ‘Pretty Belinda’ sports delicate blooms and lacy foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/83610baa-dfe3-4106-b637-ae3fafc226f6/2021-07-01_nepeta-yarrow-penstemon.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out ‘Little Moonshine’ yarrow with ‘Junior Walker nepeta and penstemon ‘Husker Red’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/2dceb31c-22d6-4dcc-b899-e411e1996730/2023-09-05_bronze-fennel-agastache.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Bronze fennel umbellifers with agastache ‘Blue Boa’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/3cc8c040-e362-4635-a254-3a2f4788c109/2023-07-27_dara-fountain-straight.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Wild carrot ‘Dara’ with blue fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695078293923-OCXUA7GAJR8XC1I6060J/2023-08-13_dara.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out ‘Dara’ umbellifer grown from seed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/de4a3c3c-7388-4510-a9d4-c207732407a2/2023-07-06_queen-annes-lace-bumble.jpg How to Use Flower Shape - Make it stand out Bumblebee on Queen Anne’s Lace https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/baptisia daily 0.75 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1695081048106-6XORO5P7T66KKH19ZUNX/2023-06-16_baptisia-pink-lemonade-lambert.jpg Baptisia - 2023-06-16_baptisia-pink-lemonade-lambert.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/4b817b1c-08ce-41fc-986d-05bc3c5c3976/2021-06-14_gillenia-closeup.jpg Baptisia - Make it stand out Gillenia trifoliata produces 5 pointed white star blooms in June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854367735-L2ABXYKEWZP4FVVHM8LV/2018-06-06_gillenia.jpg Baptisia - The light, airy nature of gillenia helps to soften hardscaping and boulders (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854375033-FIIFUTUWLRWWW84X8N33/2018-06-10_gillenia-water-basin.jpg Baptisia - Gillenia is sited at the southwest corner of the house, helping to obscure the water basin (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854383088-R8S1PS21MO6PK99V75TH/2018-06-11_gille+nia.jpg Baptisia - Gillenia performs as an understory plant in shade, although does not achieve the girth and height of those grown in a bit more sun (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1693854393696-VSG1PA7YOU2QC33XPL0L/2023-06-11_gillenia.jpg Baptisia - Gillenia's abundant June blooms (Copy) https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/soil-amendments daily 0.75 2024-02-12 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/prepare-a-root-ball daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/reference-sites daily 0.75 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/cc521e89-6f21-4573-8701-14a0a8a67dfd/homegrownnationalpark.jpg Reference Sites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/5e7036d2-24c8-4c32-b464-f36ca6d8f4a1/homegrown-mosquito-bucket.png Reference Sites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/997b40ec-3516-42aa-bb41-f6cd2e213ed9/nativeplanttrust.jpg Reference Sites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/ec894d70-495d-488c-951c-da9cc27a0348/nationalwildlifefederation.jpg Reference Sites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/98f1258d-5e7c-4f20-a417-d0423ea482c2/pollinatorpathways.jpg Reference Sites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/winter-seed-sowing daily 0.75 2024-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1707696630343-FQYBL1AYTEBEHRPB3H7K/2024-02-11_winter-seeds-poppies.jpg Winter Seed Sowing - 2024-02-11_winter-seeds-poppies.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/d35eadbc-2732-4dde-9af3-da317ed7ab1f/2024_01-21_seed-starting.jpg Winter Seed Sowing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/58663a17-7190-4957-b4e5-a0b447619773/2024_02-11_winter-seed-bin-covered.jpg Winter Seed Sowing - Make it stand out 2/11/24 Seeds overwintering outside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a1d980d1-6324-4543-96b1-bd11fc74da8e/2023-05-16_verbena-seedlings.jpg Winter Seed Sowing - Make it stand out Verbena bonariensis seedlings on May 15th, almost ready to be carefully transplanted into the garden https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/community-hospice-house daily 0.75 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1729880758470-0FPCJWRIM52CBJ33NNSK/2024-05-24_daffodil-wildflower-tulips.jpg Community Hospice House - 2024-05-24_daffodil-wildflower-tulips.jpg https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/presentations daily 0.75 2024-10-29 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/shrubs daily 0.75 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730811230587-N3Q96MOOU6E5C5B39PYQ/2024-09-23_chh-calicarpa-berries.jpg Shrubs - 2024-09-23_chh-calicarpa-berries.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730857497039-R7031D5NNUHQ58F13MEY/2024-03-16_hamamelis-kingston-library.jpg Shrubs - Witch hazel blooms, March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730811820009-1V0YWCG2PKBFQHIDQH9J/2023-05-13_aronia-bloom.jpg Shrubs - Aronia 'Black Magic' blooms, May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730811863334-CAG3PSSXZ6OKQU1CMQX0/2020-05-29_viburnum-summer-snowflake.jpg Shrubs - Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake', May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730813186441-SUNWJUIKPA5YOI1NGJM0/2024-05-18_viburnum-mariesii.jpg Shrubs - Viburnum 'Mariesii', May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730813231933-X92FM25NW0WD28FLILRL/2024-05-19_fothergilla-aronia.jpg Shrubs - Fothergilla and aronia, May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730857790947-47KEN3LM78971TO16DXD/2019-08-08_viburnum-mariesii-berries2.jpg Shrubs - Viburnum 'Mariesii' berries, August https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730813164717-N3754I129M6M5UPX8USK/2024-06-30_hydrangea-quercifolia.jpg Shrubs - Oak leaf hydrangea, June 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730813692287-NDZYRQU612DX5GBYA7C1/2024-08-02_clethra.jpg Shrubs - Clethra alnifolia, June https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730812399413-GMGX89DM21IG0N0MMGAG/2021-09-03_viburnum-mariesii-fall-foliage.jpg Shrubs - Viburnum 'Mariesii' fall foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730811776999-CEIJNVLMRTZKUN9WQ02L/2021-10-13_viburnum-winterthur-fall-foliage-berries.jpg Shrubs - Viburnum 'Brandywine' fall foliage and berries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1730811795094-P4VOAUE05MDW3WSYSUN8/2021-10-28_fothergilla-mt-airy-foliage.jpg Shrubs - Fothergilla 'Mount Airy' fall foliage https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/recipe-codes daily 0.75 2024-12-04 https://www.thebiglittlegarden.com/create-soft-landings daily 0.75 2025-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/76a6616b-a647-4c02-a5ce-2ddef8fbb46f/2024-03-10_fern-bed-moss-garden.jpg Create Soft Landings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/c8c14cf9-10b6-4ca8-9598-60fef47642de/2022-11-29_lawn-bags.jpg Create Soft Landings - Make it stand out beneficial insects headed for landfill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192753761-31ZWMJLOEN94M08CB51U/2024-03-10_fern-bed-pine.jpg Create Soft Landings - March 10: last year's fern debris will remain in place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192767128-X7XF8XYDQGIOV4QQUJ3V/2024-04-10_daffodils-fern-debris.jpg Create Soft Landings - April 10: daffodils emerge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192836915-QOI3V83LI8UCO3I1YR3H/2025-05-22_soft-landing.jpg Create Soft Landings - May 22: ferns are up about 80% and intermixing with purple leaf ligularia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192797619-DKZC9BJXD7IRG3NW87PT/2025-05-22_ferns-soft-landing.jpg Create Soft Landings - May 22: ostrich ferns & hay-scented ferns are completely covering up last year's debris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192811255-421A2YHVSK3SLTOPGX01/2025-05-23_ferns-soft-landing.jpg Create Soft Landings - May 22: ferns provide habitat for overwintering species, and will completely camouflage the fading daffodils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/1748192826194-YFG6D4POT9H4ERH31VZV/2025-05-22_interrupted-fern.jpg Create Soft Landings - May 22: interrupted fern creates a nice focal point in the soft landing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/82e6e226-75e9-4274-873e-972f51760c96/2020-04-08_crocus-leaf-litter.jpg Create Soft Landings - Make it stand out 4/8/20: crocus emerge through leaf litter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/2792fdbd-ef0e-4737-a587-f8e6316eeccf/2024-04-27_erythronium-ligularia.jpg Create Soft Landings - Make it stand out 4/27/24: dog-tooth violets and ligularia emerge under pine tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/2fd53879-02f6-4479-8750-fc4685e42055/2024-04-27_leucojum-pine-mulch.jpg Create Soft Landings - Make it stand out 4/27/24: leucojum under white pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51c8e244e4b05db4f9444120/a8436574-4357-4df1-9158-1d2ddd5571ea/2018-05-08_fern-fiddleheads-soft-landing.jpg Create Soft Landings - 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