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Want to add color, texture, and cottage garden charm to the edge of a garden border? These low growing perennials and shrubs check all of the boxes! Verbena Sedum Catmint Pow wow and kismet coneflower Lamb’s ear Baby gem or Little Missy boxwood Soft touch holly Globe arborvitae Banana cream daisies Knockout carpet roses Hostas Heuchera Lamium Creeping speedwell Millennium allium Scabiosa Roseanne geranium Dianthus Coreopsis Salvia (12-18” varieties like Rose marvel) Veronica Creeping speedw...
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One of the smartest investments for any flower farmer Is perennials! Plant them once, and they’ll return year after year, saving both time and money. 🌱✨ Not only do they look amazing, but perennials also provide sustainable, cost-effective solutions that every gardener can benefit from. By choosing perennials or plants that naturally seed or divide, you’re making a one-time purchase that keeps on giving. These plants are built to thrive and multiply, giving you a steady supply of blooms wit...
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Weeding 👎🏻 I used to spend hours pulling weeds until I switched to these three methods! 1. Sheet mulching. 4-6 weeks before I plant, I prep a brand new garden space by laying a thick layer of newspaper on top of the grass. Then, I cover it with 2” of compost. This smothers the grass below without any heavy lifting or soil disturbance! If you have 6 months or longer, you can use cardboard. 2. Sod cutting. You do not want to till a new garden. It disturbs and destroys the microbes in the so...
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Move over PB&J! These flower pairings never fail to yin and yang just right in the garden—or in a bouquet. I’ve had a lot of followers say they really want a garden, but don’t know where to start. Well, this is for you! Regardless of your garden footprint, you always want to combine contrasting texture and size. So think puffy/fluffy, spiked, fuzzy, shiny, wispy, tall/short, evergreen/deciduous. To simplify, those sub categories fall into the overarching categories of spiked, mounded, and ...
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This design trick is everything! If you know me, you know I talk about this design principle A LOT, which I call the Trifecta Planting Method. That’s because it’s foundational to good garden design! Well, now I have a downloadable guide to help you nail this technique and your garden planning. My guide breaks out plants into textural categories that complement one another and together, achieve a dynamic and harmonious space. That breakdown is: 20% spike 40% mound/dome 40% fans/fillers P...
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Remember this simple garden design rule… Opposites attract! It’s that push-pull, yin yang tension that brings interest to a garden. Short and tall. Fuzzy and smooth. Sharp and soft. Spikey and mounded. I call it the Trifecta Planting Method, and you can tap the link in my bio to download my helpful guide—as well as 100+ shade and sun plant pairings. But, I’ll also give you a brief synopsis here… Every garden should have 40% mounded, 40% fan, and 20% spike shaped plants. Within that ratio,...
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A photo of a color-themed flower border in a backyard. The border has deep purple salvias, lavender catmint, and white echinacea. There are also other plants with pink, orange, and yellow flowers. The background contains a wooden fence and trees.