…/ Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. But they did get me. I’ve had difficulty coming up with tubers in my preferred colors, specifically a pinkish-greenish-whitish number that teases with pale prettiness, deep green borders fading to pink and striated with crimson…
…figure. She’s coming back, but there’ll be no flowers this year, another green thing doing nothing. When you garden in the shade there are many green things. Ferns, of course, and ivy, philodendron, palms, monstera, and elephant ears among them….
The historic farmhouse at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters of the American Horticultural Society. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. A green-roofed shed at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters of the American Horticultural Society. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh….
…garden in harmony with nature” is published by Pimpernel Press (www.pimpernelpress.com). It’s by Irish artist TJ Maher. By Stephanie Cavanaugh THIS IS HOW I imagine Ireland: a land of constant mist, and green, so very green. That is how my…
…of Paradise?” “Yeah. I like thinking I’m someplace else, the tropics, the bubbling water in the pond, it’s like being in another world. It’s so green.” Green was pretty much it this year, the kwanzan cherry has spread like a…
…almost entirely shades of green and brown: chestnut moldings, doors, staircase; dark-stained pine floors; green walls in the living room, foyer, and master bedroom; flowery paper in the kitchen and upstairs bath, which also has a dark green ceiling. Maybe…
…working here, said one listener. The crew arrives at 6am, the docent tells him. They fluff and fix and water until the doors open at 11am. This is not the only greenhouse in the 1,077-acre park. Another is set aside…
…are the same pale green, a green with the softness of early spring, celery perhaps, or honeydew? Then you hang paintings or stack them against a wall, large and small and in between, splashes of color as vivid as a……
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…(genus trifolium). A member of the pea family, they come in shades of crimson and white. Being a legume, they convert nitrogen to fertilizer, practically eliminating the need for additional fertilization. They’re also drought- resistant, stay green in the heat…
…website says. Among the splendid blossoms are Japanese snowbells, Loebner magnolias, Mohawk viburnum and white crape myrtle. How lovely. Yeah, well. It was lovely and green the day they were wed. Oh, so green, so very green. There was not…
…for inspiration to the 75-acre Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, Maryland, the glorious 1,077-acre Longwood Gardens and conservatory in Wilmington, Delaware, and, closer to home, the gorgeously manicured Enid Haupt Gardens that front the Smithsonian Castle on Washington’s Mall. We…
…seats, and are controlled by smartphones. At $6,700 it’s like buying a $120,000 Tesla S to save on gas, but no toilet paper is needed at all. —Stephanie Cavanaugh LittleBird “Stephanie Gardens” acknowledges a preference for paper over greenery. …
Glorious clivia, in several shades of orange or yellow, thrives in dry shade and is evergreen. This Belgian Hybrid Orange Clivia miniata is from Monrovia growers, where a 1.6-gallon size is $75. By Stephanie Cavanaugh Q. I’VE BEEN contemplating some…
…to put on shoes. I don’t recall planting a Euonymus japonicus, an evergreen that (theoretically) has small white flowers and red berries around about fall. Clearly I did, as Picture This, my gardening app, tells me that’s what this clump…
…greens perfectly clipped so they’re precisely the same height. In the far back are bowls of apples and limes. That shelf above has bowls of cherry tomatoes and peppers and glass jars of what looks like milk, maybe cream, maybe…
…of numerous islands in the Hawaiian chain, and considered by many, she said, to be the greenest and most beautiful. Settled 1,200 years ago by Polynesians, it is separated from the other islands by a dangerous 100-mile channel, which kept…
…popular spot, so parking can be a challenge. Grab a bike and go. Closed much of last year, the grounds of the National Arboretum are once again open to the public every day from 8am to 5pm. The 400-acre park…
…and white and green flowered plates, with a centerpiece of mismatched pink and white and green Lusterware jugs and cups exploding with pink and white and green anemones, shiny bits and baubles echo the color, and silver candlesticks reflect it….
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