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Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 3 months ago.
November/December 2011This week, Horticulture Magazine published a story titled "Bold Colors For The Border" about my work at the Bank of Springfield (pages 60-65). The photos were take last summer by Al Parrish and the story was...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 1 year ago.
I posted a few photos from the 2010 growing season. Please check back for future updates as I've only posted photos from late in the season.
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 1 year ago.
Colorful croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Petra') with Homestead purple verbena (Verbena canadensis 'Homestead Purple'). By Adam WoodruffSpecial To The Post-Dispatch04/10/2010Lush tropical foliage in our Midwestern landscape is not the convention. Many o...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
I'm back from San Francisco and inspired after my trip to Flora Grubb Gardens. I'll share photos of the nursery and more detail in a future post. Today I want to highlight a versatile product they were selling that I am excited to experiment w...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
I’m leaving for California in a few days to visit some very dear friends. This is an annual visit and sometimes I am able to make it twice a year. It is great to ‘get away’ and connect with friends. There is nothing better than engaging conversation...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
A couple of years ago while visiting the Lurie Garden at Millennium Park in Chicago I was attracted to several groupings of a striking yellow-green tufted grass that I did not recognize. It was compact in its growth habit (10-12″H x 10-12″W), and had ...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
See my photo collections on Flickr- Gardens at the Bank of Springfield (2009), Piet Oudolf's Nursery & Garden in the Netherlands (09/2009).
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Congratulations to Fran Sorin, Nancy Ondra and my Gardening Gone Wild colleagues for being selected as one of Horticulture Magazine's Top 20 Favorite Garden Blogs! Follow the link below to see the article.
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
One of the highlights of summer was my first trip to Europe, specifically to Piet & Anja Oudolf’s nursery and private garden in The Netherlands. I went for their Grass Days.Much like Fran Sorin (as she noted in her fabulous three part interview last...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Dramatic gold and green variegated foliage of Canna 'Striata' pops in this display bed with Zinnia elegans ‘Zowie Yellow Flame’ and Z. elegans ‘Uproar Rose’, Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’, Persicaria polymorpha, Perovskia atriplicifolia, Cle...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Fran Sorin, my Gardening Gone Wild (GGW) colleague, has posted an interview with influential Dutch garden designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf. Oudolf's public work in the United States includes: The High Line (NYC), The Battery Park Conservancy’s Gar...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Oudolf Garden- Hummelo, NE (09/06/2009).I just returned home from my first trip to Europe. I was drawn to Grass Days at Kwekerij Oudolf, the home and nursery of influential Dutch garden designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf and his wife Anja. I won’t elab...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Sunflowers are a new addition to the gardens. I am particularly fond of this 4' tall multi-branching variety from Annie's Annuals. 'Italian White' has extremely strong stems able to withstand our windy site.
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
In search of inspiration I ventured to the Missouri Botanical Garden last week. In the back corner of the Trial Gardens at the Kemper Center I stumbled across a stunning new ornamental millet, Pennisetum glaucum ‘Jade Princess’. This upright, mounded...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Canna 'Striata' in mixed plantingZinnia angustifolia x elegans 'Profusion Orange' with Petunia x hybrida 'Wave Purple', Rosa (red shrub)Helenium 'Mardis Gras' with Perovskia atriplicifolia, Eryngium yuccifoliumCelosia argentea plumosa 'Fresh Look Orange' ...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Feather cockscomb (Celosia argentia plumosa) is an old garden favorite. I’ve used the annual (perennial in USDA Zones 10 to 12) in seasonal displays the past couple of years with great success. Plants provide high-impact color all summer long while requ...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
In Fran Sorin’s March 4, 2009 post ‘Favorite Seed and Plant Mail Order Sources: From our GGW Contributors’ Steve Silk and I both mentioned Cottage Garden in southwestern Illinois as a ‘favorite’ mail order resource for their vast range of unique...
Posted by Gardens at the Bank of Springfield 2 years ago.
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Beauty'- a mutation of the cultivar 'Illustris' with 3-4' nearly black leaves, try pairing with Solenostemon 'Sedona' or Helichrysum petiolare (Image courtesy of Agristarts, Inc.)As I have addressed in previous posts, much of th...
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