Garden Design Archives

21 Feb

Where to Experience Spring Cherry Blossoms and Festivals

February 21, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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Via Unsplash. In Japanese culture, cherry blossoms symbolize the transient nature of life, a reflection of the Buddhist ...

20 Feb

Garden Design

Growing Father Farges Filbert – Corylus fargesii

February 20, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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Yes, you read that correctly—Father Farges’ filbert. And no, this isn’t just another obscure plant name to tuck away in ...

19 Feb

Garden Design

Not Your Grandmother’s Quince: Meet the Double Take Chaenomeles speciosa

February 19, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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You might be thinking, “Wait, are we really talking about quince?” And maybe even, “Aren’t those the thorny shrubs my gr...

18 Feb

Garden Design

Rhapidophyllum hystrix – A Needle Palm Grows in New England?

February 18, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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Of all the plants in the world, I really do love palms. There’s something about them—their bold silhouettes, the way the...

17 Feb

Garden Design

Dahlia ‘Mystic Illusion’: The Golden Retriever of the Garden

February 17, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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If there is a golden retriever puppy of the plant world, it has to be a dahlia. I mean, everybody loves golden retriever...

16 Feb

Garden Design

How to grow dahlias from cuttings | Jack Wallington

February 16, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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Dahlias are remarkably easy plants to grow once you get to know them. One of the best things about them is their love of...

15 Feb

Garden Design

Prunus mume: The Japanese Flowering Apricot That Brightens Winter

February 15, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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This is the first year of school for our kids in New England. My wife grew up in Pennsylvania, and I grew up in North Ca...

14 Feb

Garden Design

Gardening elbow | Jack Wallington

February 14, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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I’ve overdone it. Last week I injured my right arm just as the gardening season is starting. It was a silly little thing...

13 Feb

Garden Design

Cat’s Whiskers Plant (Orthosiphon stamineus): A Stunning Bloomer with a Medicinal Past

February 13, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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During 2015 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, we are preparing to focus our educational programming around the theme o...

12 Feb

Garden Design

Imagining a garden | Jack Wallington

February 12, 2025
By jrfrybmy
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Yesterday I sat at dusk looking out from the top of our garden across the valley, the light fell slowly into darkness. F...

Where to Experience Spring Cherry Blossoms and Festivals

Growing Father Farges Filbert – Corylus fargesii

Not Your Grandmother’s Quince: Meet the Double Take Chaenomeles speciosa

Rhapidophyllum hystrix – A Needle Palm Grows in New England?

Dahlia ‘Mystic Illusion’: The Golden Retriever of the Garden

How to grow dahlias from cuttings | Jack Wallington

Prunus mume: The Japanese Flowering Apricot That Brightens Winter

Gardening elbow | Jack Wallington

Cat’s Whiskers Plant (Orthosiphon stamineus): A Stunning Bloomer with a Medicinal Past

Imagining a garden | Jack Wallington

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