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color resources
Here’s the side view of my studio. The colors are pretty atrocious and I wanted to try out some different options. Colourlovers lets you play with colors in lots of ways, and I started there. I used...
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garden color
Color of course needs to be an important consideration in planning the garden. You may be familiar with Gertrude Jekyll’s important book devoted just to the subject, Colour Scheme in the Flower Garden....
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Last fall’s big planting effort was a big raised bed of perennials, shrubs, bulbs, a tree fern and a tangerine tree, most of which went into the ground over the course of two months. While I don’t...
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gbbd: pretty purple
For this Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day I’ve picked some predominantly purple spring-flowering plants that are starting to do their thing in my garden. All but one of these are California (or Baja...
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dramatic wall colors and plants
I still haven’t gotten around to doing something about the color of the my little detached studio behind the house. Colors of residential neighborhoods and garden walls usually tend towards pretty...
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controlled chaos
I often have trouble mixing ornamentals and vegetables together in a garden bed that’s supposed to be “for company,” a bed that’s meant to be attractive as well as containing tasty-looking plants that...
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white solstice
The year's first carpenteria, which opened on December 17th, shown here with an appreciative local critter on the stamens. Winter Solstice is a celebration for optimists. Six months of ever-diminishing...
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more december colors
Red and green seem to be the predominant colors these days. Instead, how about a shot of hot magenta-pink against green? Of all my pitcher plants this season Sarracenia Daina’s Delight is probably...
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monkeyflower spectrum
Yesterday I went out to Crestridge Ecological Preserve, about a half hour’s drive from coastal San Diego. There will be lots of photos from the trip, but here’s a little panorama to get started,...
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