Garden Smackdown™ by Andrew Keys

Mini Mahonia

February 29, 2012

On my to do list this spring: start edging my beds with creeping mahonia (Mahonia repens). This is what it looks like in winter.

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: if there’s one color I adore in flowers, it’s pale yellow. There’s something about those shades between butter and crème fraiche that makes my heart sing. Maybe it’s a foodie thing? Whatever it is, pale yellow is what I’m always after.

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Roll Call: Yellows for Spring

February 17, 2012

So guess what? I’ve been asked to contribute to a super-duper web community called Houzz. You can check it there at that link–OR on your iPad, because it also happens to be a kickass iPad app. Houzz is like Flickr meets Pinterest meets Tumblr meets design, i.e. the kind of thing we love, so I [...]

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Roman Shield

February 10, 2012

Photo: www.robsplants.com I don’t ever want to give you the impression I think I know all the plants–I soooooooo don’t know all the plants. I do, however, shop for plants a lot. It is one of my default free-time-with-laptop activities. So I’m pretty aware of what’s on the market, past and present. Given that, I [...]

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Listen: Garden Confidential #4: Cabbage Patch

February 1, 2012

Where do new plants come from? In this episode of Garden Confidential from Fine Gardening, I talk to Dan Heims, president of Terra Nova Nurseries, and arguably one of the harbingers of Heuchera as a household name. Dan was a fun interview! And he’s great at impressions, which you’ll get to hear more of in [...]

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Play: Go to Hell

January 26, 2012

(No, not you. For you, this is a little inspiration on a Thursday. Pinky swear.) [spotify:track:4gw9pzs0wdT8kRHw4v6MHT]

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Garden Designers Roundtable: Reality Check

January 24, 2012

You know how usually with GDRT posts, I have loads of gorgeous photos for you? Yeah, well, with this one, I’m stumped, so I’m giving you audio. The first thing that came to mind when I thought of instances in which I needed a garden design reality check was one word: lawn. But not like [...]

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