Posted by Monique Allen on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 @ 06:30 AM
This door to a useful potting shed in Natick, Mass is lined with a very simple annual planting. By using one plant in a large quantity you can make a bold statement in the garden. Pick a plant you love, or that you know does very well. Choose your favorite color even. Then plant lots of that and see how wonderfully bold the garden looks when it fills in.
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Posted by Monique Allen on Tue, Sep 27, 2011 @ 06:17 AM
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There is nothing more beautiful than a planter refreshed with fall blooming annuals. Late summer can bring on a ratty look with those summer annuals. Why not enliven the planter display with the addition of mums, kale, pansies, and even some hardy perennials.
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Posted by Monique Allen on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 @ 06:30 AM
Some landscapes call for order and predictability in their annual choices. When you have a garden design as formal as this landscape in Concord, Mass you want to know that your choices will do exactly what you say they will.
By using blue fan flower (Scavola) and purple fountain grass (Pennisetum rubrum) we know that these six matching round planters pockets will grow, mature, flower in a predictable and manageable way.
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Posted by Monique Allen on Tue, May 24, 2011 @ 06:30 AM
The use of bold annual plantings to frame the entryways and signage at this commercial site in Providence, R.I. improves the public perception of care and attention by the property owners and tenants. If you work in an office building, you know what I am talking about. When things are colorful and beautiful it makes the work experience better. If you need to visit an office building for any reason, the care and attention given to the landscape says a great deal about who occupies the space.
This simple planting of hardy marigolds, cosmos, coleus, snapdragons, and red fountain grass really shines in front of this office building. These plants are also tough and can withstand the urban conditions that surround offices.
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Posted by Monique Allen on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 @ 06:30 AM
Using summer annuals on a commercial landscape improves the property’s visibility and increases the appeal to the public…good for attracting and maintaining tenants!
This is a memorial garden which makes it even more important for it to shine with life and vitality in honor of the memories it serves to protect and honor.
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Posted by Monique Allen on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 @ 12:06 PM
Back yard patios are the perfect place to include pocket gardens that are designed to hold seasonal interest. Planting annuals in gardens close to human activity allows for enjoyment close up and makes for very easy care.
Here you see short cosmos, coleus, million bells with a shrubby backdrop of boxwood planted in a hedge with a weeping Japanese maple as an anchor plant.
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