How to select spring and early summer flowering bulbs for bloom sequence and height within exisiting perennial garden - Thinking Outside the boxwood Advice, Bulbs, GARDEN DESIGN

Planning for Fall Bulb Planting

Gardeners split time between taking care of the now, and planning for weeks, days and months in the future. October is one of the times we are busy working in the now with seasonal cut backs and clean ups while working for the garden 6 months from now with bulbs.   I have two bulb planting strategies: collected/accidental and methodical/designed. … READ MORE

Crocosmia Bulbs in summer container designs - Thinking Outside the Boxwood Advice, annuals, Bulbs

Container Designs Using Crosomia

This is a sponsored post from Bulb.com. Container gardens are a small element that make a quick and dramatic impact on a garden of any size. Their compact size allow you to experiment with different plant materials and color palettes, will little investment. It is also fun to experiment with perennials inside your container to be the main focal point. … READ MORE

Spring Bulbs Inspiration from nature with daffodils, tulips and snowdrops - More on ThinkingOutsideTheBoxwood.com Bulbs

Woodland Inspiration for Planting Daffodils

The life of a gardener is spent with one foot in beds tending to what is currently growing and the other foot planning 2-3 seasons ahead. I think it is the anticipation or daydream of what we could be growing is what keeps us going as the gardens go to bed over the fall/winter season. My garden to do list is filled … READ MORE

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Daring Forms with Longfield Gardens

Last spring I shared a perennial garden design featuring alliums from Longfield Gardens (Bountiful Blooms, you can order the collection here). That was during allium bloom time. Now that it’s allium planting time, I am sharing a second design. As I’ve shared before, I use alliums frequently for their cool color palette, deer resistance and unexpected texture. The two designs … READ MORE

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Urban Crop – This is genius!

Forget the food trucks, for something unique check out the Urban Crop Truck from Melbourne Australia that toured streets back in 2010. Created by Joost Bakker, Urban Crop is a vintage truck that serves live spring tulips, hyacinths, irises and herbs bagged within nutrient rich, organic soil. The live flowers enforced the benefit of living plants providing clean air purification and were seen in stores all … READ MORE