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Basil, native to Asia, has become a seasoning staple in cuisines around the world. The familiar and fragrant sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) is grown as a summer annual that generally reaches about 2 feet tall.
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The importance of green space in our urban environments, as much as in our private lives, is at the forefront of our minds now more than ever. Street curbs are being turned into rain... more »
by Dave Demers
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Partridge feather has a unique and lovely appearance that's best enjoyed where it can be seen easily and often: near walkways, decks and patios. An evergreen subshrub with a woody base, partridge feather is the perfect accent plant for the water-wise... more »
Winter hardiness is most likely the quality novice gardeners first learn about. If you live in Mexico, the most tender plant delicacy can be yours; if you live in Iceland, you learn to work with slimmer pickings. In either case you can accomplish great... more »
by Dave Demers
Planting for shade can be challenging enough; combine shade with soil that remains moist or even wet year-round, and it's enough to make even an experienced gardener shudder.
Yet there are some stunning perennials, shrubs and even trees that... more »
When designing a garden, we are encouraged to think of the foliage first. A strong backbone of interesting leaves in the garden will hold a design together, even when flowering plants are not at their peak. However, we can quickly find ourselves in a... more »
From the medieval knot garden to Victorian displays of carpet bedding, delineation between landscape features has always been important in garden design; defining lawn edges, pathways or paving from neatly planted beds continues to be valuable in our... more »
by Frank Organ
“Pteridophyllum racemosum," I answered, thereby landing a privileged internship at New York's Stonecrop Gardens. My bottomless appreciation... more »
by Dave Demers
Design-savvy gardeners know that chartreuse can be combined with pretty much anything, and the range of plant choices is growing every year. Here are some ways to use old favorites, new cultivars and bold accents to give garden spaces added flair. more »
Coastal habitats are mesmerizing. As visitors, we often keep our gaze on the sea, yet the plant life is worth our attention too. As residents, we cherish the view, but again we should carefully consider how to support it with plants. So what if observing... more »
by Dave Demers
People may have different ideas about what makes a hedge, but I see it as a linear planting kept regularly trimmed, compact and impenetrable, or consisting of naturally compact shrubs that require little or no clipping to maintain a continuous barrier.... more »
by Frank Organ
Peeking through the cracks of California's cliffs, along rocky outcroppings and inland valleys is another remarkable genus of succulents: Dudleya. Native to California, Arizona and even down to northern Mexico and up to southern coastal Oregon,... more »
Does your garden resemble a jar of jumbled jelly beans — wildly colorful but with no real sense of cohesive design? Try toning things down with a monochromatic color scheme. Select just one color but use a variety of tints, shades and hues — for example,... more »
Ornamental cabbage and kale are the kinds of plants I love to design with. I think of these plants as I do succulents; they aren't flowers but offer a flower or rosette kind of shape. They... more »
