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Asian Healing Garden
* An enclosed area, the space as healing as the plants grown in it.
* Create privacy with bamboo screens, a moon gate, climbing vines.
* Running water is a must, a pool or a fountain.
* Use A stone walkway, slate bench, meditation bell. A Zen garden with sand, stone & rake.
* Use ashwagandha, chinaberry, Chinese foxglove, mugwort, ginkgo biloba, angelica, plantain, skullcap, mentha, motherwort, rhubarb, red sage, bamboo, codonopsis, wolfberry, burnet, licorice root, anise hyssop, honeysuckle flowers, rosa, chrysanthemum, forsythia, ephedra, flowering quince, artemisia, pinks, perilla, clematis sinensis, prunella, agrimony, American ginseng, teasel, elecampane.
Moonlight Garden
* Located on a well traveled path, deck or balcony, this garden is radiant by moonlight.
* Use plants with blues, silvers, pale greens and whites, both in foliage and flowers: lavenders, forget-me-nots, santolina, silver sage, curry, thymes, daisies, sweet cicely, sweet annie, caraway, chives, comfrey, rosemary, evening primrose, mullein, dill, wormwood, horehound, southernwood, woodruff.
* Add a white statue, bench, stones, a tinkling water feature, bird bath. |
Potager GardenThe French-styled 'Kitchen Door' garden, full of vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, Add a bench, birdbath, statue, etc.
basil, borage, catnip, chamomile, chive, coriander, dandiliaon, dill, garlic, horseradish, lavender, lovage, marjoram, mints, oregano, rosemary, sage,sorrel, summer savory, tarragon and thyme. |
Bachelor button
Beebalm
Borage
Calendula
Chamomile
Chive flowers
Dandelion
Daylily
Dianthus
Hibiscus
Hollyhock
Impatiens
Lilac
Marigold
Mint
Nasturtium
Pansy
Roses
Sage
Squash blossom
Violet |
beets
bell peppers
bunching onions
bush beans
cabbage
carrots
celery
collards
corn
cucumbers
eggplant
hot peppers
leeks
lettuce
mustard
onion
peas
peppers
pole beans
potato
pumpkin
radish
spinach
squash
strawberries.
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Container Gardening, In or Out
Containers can be grouped or displayed in themes, with the added interest in the containers used. Use several planters or a divided one to allow for different moisture needs of plants.
Growing herbs indoors is not much harder than outdoors. Plants need much the same conditions. Sunlight-(different herbs have different light requirements, most need a sunny location).
Maintain an indoor herb garden indefinitely by well-drained soil mix that is not too rich.
Air movement across the plant, periodic light feeding, yearly repotting, renewing annuals, seasonal moves outdoors for perennials, and occasional pruning.
If you notice a pest problem, take them outside & hose off. Whitefly traps work great.
Grows Well Indoors: basil, bay, chives, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, salad burnet, scented geraniums, tarragon, thyme, vitex, winter savory.
Requires Extra Care for Indoors: chamomile, chervil (extra light); coriander, lemon verbena, sage(sparse watering)
Not Suited for Indoors: angelica, anise hyssop, borage, caraway, catmint, comfrey, costmary, dill, feverfew, sweet cicely, yarrow, native plants & woodland plants. |
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foxglove
goldenrod
heliotrope
hollyhock
hydrangea
iris
kiss me over the garden gate
lamb's ear
larkspur
lavatera
lavender
lily
love-in-a-mist
marigold
mignonette
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moonflower
morning glory
nasturtium
nicotiana
pansy
phlox
poppy
Queen Anne's lace
rose
salvia
snapdragon
stock
sunflower
sweet pea
zinnia |
Scented Garden
* A romantic escape with an abundance of foliage and flowers. Fragrant even when not in bloom.
* Use rosemary, catmint, curry, scented geraniums, parsley, lemon balm, balm of Gilead, lemon verbena, woodruff, dill, evening primrose, nicotiana, yarrow, patchouli, soapwort, agrimony, bergamot, rue, chamomile, sage, scented thymes, lavender, jasmine, honeysuckle & moss roses.
* Include a garden seat, arbors, arches, winding paths, walled gardens, mossy branches, a wishing well, a flower-filled wheelbarrow, a hand pump. |
The Tea Lovers Garden
* Imagine strolling through a beautiful and fragrant garden, picking this, trimming that. All for a pot of freshly brewed tea.
* The scent of the Tea Garden is heavenly, whether in-bloom or not.
* There are tea plants to suit any site and exposure.
* Stagger the bloom periods for continuous color Spring-Winter.
* Groundcovers:yarrow, alpine calamint, lady's mantle, sweet vernal grass, calendula, caraway, chamomile, rock rose, ephedra, sweet woodruff, bedstraw, avens, Saint John's wort, creeping jenny, pennyroyal, catmint, wood betony.
* Great Scenteds & Bloomers: anise hyssop, lemon verbena, mallow, borage, balm of Gilead, meadowsweet, lavender, motherwort, monarda (bee balm), sweet cicely, catnip, valerian, scented geraniums, rosa, rosemary, rue, goldenrod, feverfew.
* Edibles: dill, fennel, wild ginger, caraway, curry, lovage, lemon balm, mentha, basil, sweet marjoram, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, savory, stevia, thyme, Mexican tarragon.
* Shrubs& Vines: southernwood, tea tree, witch hazel, winter hazel, bay tree, Chinese forsythia, gromwell, licorice |
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Country Garden
* Everlastings, herbs & grasses with ornamental seed heads to feed the birds all winter.
* Include local wild herbs and native plants.
* Place a separate kitchen garden close to the door for culinary herbs, vegetables, edible flowers, sunflowers, nasturtiums, marigolds.
* A working garden, rustic. Rough-cut pergolas, lashed-branch tripods& arbors, raised beds, old gardening & and farming tools, cart wheels, harnesses, horse shoes, buckets, rain barrels, whisky barrels, compost, chicken coop and bee skeps |
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