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I bet if you were to make a list of the Latin plant names that were easy to remember, Daphne would be up near the top of the list. Daphne is a name you just don’t forget. Whether it was Fred’s “friend” from Scooby Doo or Marty Crane’s nurse on Frasier, Daphne is commonly associated with being attractive and […]
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Update From Rochelle (fall 2023) – It is rare that a plant catches the zeitgeist, and when you look back at a time, you can see that it was uniquely of an era. The fluffy blooms of cafe au lait dahlia is a zeitgeist flower of the late 20teens and into the pandemic times. […]
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Our horticulture team at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is working on a new vertical wall idea for the summer (of 2014). Today, we were brainstorming which plants to use in the vertical panels. Someone mentioned Sedum ‘Angelina,’ another idea was Lysmachia nummularia ‘Aurea,’ and then I remembered Joseph’s Coat or Alternanthera ficoidea. Alternanthera is a tender perennial (hardy to USDA zone 10) native from Mexico to […]
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Whenever anyone asks what is my favorite plant, of course, I can never answer. I usually have at least 3 or 4 plants that are my favorite on any given day. This could include the first plant I come across in the garden and the ones I read about at night. If push came to […]
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As I am preparing to teach an all-day design course at CMBG, I have been going through all of the essentials of garden design: texture, form, repetition, symmetry, function, and, of course, color. I love color! Too many landscape designers claim that as they become more sophisticated in their tastes, they eschew color for simple shades […]
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Beth at Grows Green is a very talented designer, and I love seeing the evolution and growth of her designs. This Backyard garden started with literally nothing. It was flat and boring, and there wasn’t a tree or shrub in sight. But there did seem to be an odd concrete circle… (As a designer, you […]
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