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Re: READER PHOTO! Another great native groundcover

OOOH! And Impatiens omeiana - Hardy Impatiens! I LOVE that one for shade. There are also spreading varieties of Leucothoe and Sarcococca that could be nice choices.

posted: 11:43 am on November 12th  

Re: READER PHOTO! Another great native groundcover

I'm in zone 9 and I love:
Heterocentron elegans/ Spanish Shawl
Ceanothus 'Diamond Heights'
Grevillea lanigera 'Coastal Gem'
Correa 'Wyn's Wonder'
Also love doing large drifts of Daboecia (Irish Heath) and many Callunas (Scotch Heather). They mass well.

posted: 11:41 am on November 12th  

Re: Frightful soil for a frightful Halloween!

Wow! I'm grateful for my shocking almost-two-feet of topsoil! That is insane.

But you're totally right, when a color is reflected in the surroundings and landscape, it does take on a beauty of its own.

posted: 3:11 pm on October 27th  

Re: Medusa, garden-style

I'm with Scott. I'm a big fan of Michelle Derviss's work, and I'm having fun discovering all these new garden scenes. Yay!

posted: 10:36 pm on February 17th  

Re: Grocery Gardening - A New Look At Growing Your Own

I've got this on my to-buy list for spring... the rains are too depressing right now to actually go out and garden for myself. My clients get all the sunny days, drat them.

posted: 10:33 pm on February 17th