When it comes to building a permanent, structural landscape, flowering shrubs are your best friends. They provide the backbone of your garden beds, offering height, …
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5 Showstopping Flowering Plants for a Gorgeous Zone 9b Landscape
Gardening in Zone 9b is a unique adventure. We have long, blazing summers, mild winters, and those sudden, unpredictable freezes that leave us holding our …
Planting flowers shipped from up north
I often purchase plants from Michigan. They are shipped 1200 miles south to live on my farm in the hot hot summers. Transplanting newly purchased …
Gardening in Florida Part Shade
There’s a part of my moon garden behind the swing that is looking a bit bare to me. It’s right out side my dompar’s office. …
Discovering Zone 9 Cut Flower Gardeners on YouTube
So excited when I find flower gardeners on YouTube who grow in Zone 9b or perhaps 10 but specifically in Florida. Seems that many of …
Flowers to Plant in Tampa in Fall
One of the issues with planting in Florida is that you really have to hit the timing just right. The fall is the time to …
Diving Deep into “Bold Botanicals” with Dimitra Milan: Day 2 Unveiled
For those following along with Dimitra Milan’s captivating “Bold Botanicals” workshop, Day 2 was a masterclass in layering, light, and bringing floral subjects to life …
Planning a Rose Parterre Part 1
The lawn behind the former tack room, now studio, has been dug up a few times. The worst time was when we buried the electricity …
Plants that did not like to freeze
Well, last night we hit below freezing for the first time in a very long time. The water in the bird bath was frozen solid …
Outstanding Artist Season 3 Finale
As luck would have it, the Milan Art Institute, of which I am a student, recently moved to Sarasota, Florida from Athens, Georgia. I was …