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The large pots provide plenty of no-bend, clean-shoe gardening (my favorite kind). The pots are placed where there's great sun exposure and air circulation, providing structure, color and interest to the garden.

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Amaryllis (Hippeastrum sp) blooms easily indoors in winter, but the huge, top-heavy flowers often topple over. Provide support to keep the blooms upright. Supports can be made from bamboo or hardwood cuttings from the garden, such as these red dogwood (Cornus alba) stems. Connect with raffia, ribbon or floral wire, depending on the look you wish to achieve. This type of support can also be used for floppy paperwhites (Narcissus tazetta). Water pots of bulbs for forcing weekly. Provide adequate moisture for indoor plants and poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima), which can be challenging with dry indoor air. Too much water can be as deadly as too little, so check the soil moisture before watering rather than watering on a schedule. Do not allow plants to stand in excess water in a saucer. Place them in the brightest location in the house, but away from drafts and heat vents.

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sous-planter arbrisseau à tronc multiple

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Shady pathways may not have as many planting choices as sunny sites, yet classics like astilbe, lady's mantle, coral bells, foamflower and hostas will ensure you never feel deprived. Add to ideabook by Barenz Builders by Barenz Builders Alongside paths and steps on challenging shady slopes, consider rugged groundcovers like lily-of-the-valley, ginger, sweet woodruff, spotted lungwort and cinquefoil.

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Soften stone steps and their surroundings with low alpine perennials like candytuft (shown). Other excellent choices include ajuga, creeping phlox, forget me nots, hens and chicks, Missouri primrose, snow in summer, sweet alyssum, soapwort and bellfowers.

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Escalier côté gauche: Plants can slip just about anywhere they have access to soil and water. Here, black mondo grass, coral bells, sedum and low-growing evergreens thrive between a rock and a hard place.

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Creeping mother of thyme is a favorite low spreader and can even withstand foot traffic. Other plants that gracefully sprawl include lamb's ears, dianthus and cranesbill geranium. Add to ideabook by Liquidscapes by Liquidscapes Pathways -- To enhance the experience of walking amid vegetation, mingle spreaders with plants of different heights, growth habits, textures and colors. Don't overlook the possibility of small shrubs and ornamental grasses to emphasize the curves.

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To line pathways, need sufficient sun -- Generally overlooked as potential bedding plants, herbs deliver threefold with their curly, spiky or variegated foliage, delightful fragrance, and flavorful leaves. Excellent candidates include parsley, rosemary, garden chives, purple or tricolor sage (shown), and taller, more wispy fennel and dill.

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Your first thought for sidewalk plantings probably doesn't include vegetables and herbs, but there's good reason to add them into the mix. In addition to broadening your plant choices, they provide rich texture and an element of surprise. Layer in edible flowers like nasturtiums and pansies for a sidewalk smorgasbord.

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The vegetables range from broccoli to chard, and each bed is mulched thickly with mushroom compost and straw.

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petite roche

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Lavender, fennel or even sage can be steeped in a simple syrup. Use them to flavor lemonade, sparkling water or cocktails. Whir together kosher salt and rosemary in a spice grinder to make an aromatic salt for sprinkling on potatoes or for flavoring the rim of a cocktail glass. Herb butter — think parsley, chive or tarragon — is a fabulous finishing touch for grilled vegetables. Experiment with proportions until you hit the flavor note you prefer; it’s all good summer fun.

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fleurs blanches: Cool off with white flowering plants: White flowers appear cool and crisp in a summer garden, with visibility long into the evening. Try Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ or ‘White Lustre’ — two coneflower varieties that bloom for several weeks from mid to late summer and are hardy to elevations up to 7,000 feet. Another extended bloomer is Phlox paniculata ‘David,’ a pure-white form of tall garden phlox that has large, dense panicles and is resistant to powdery mildew. Veronica spicata ‘Icicle’ is a tall form of speedwell with white flower spikes reaching 2 to 3 feet in height. Deadhead the spent flowers to extend the blooming period. Both the phlox and the speedwell are hardy to elevations of 8,000 feet, and all three perennials have moderate water needs.

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placer patio rond en gravier sous les épinettes, avec les 3 azalées au fond vers le voisin, et le relier au trottoir (à créer) et galerie

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planter hydrangées dans espace de garnotte

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la planche clouée dans l'arbre, assez profonde pour avoir une bonne assise

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Consider situating white plants around curves in the garden. When you're strolling through a garden at night, it is helpful to see the twists and turns ahead, so use white blooms as a natural sort of fluorescent arrow.

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un jardin blanc, qu on voit bien le soir Spiraea is a great choice for a white spring bloomer. It conveniently blooms at the same time as tall white iris and midsize white peonies. Combine these three plants for an easy-care, high-impact white garden.

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Growing tip: Most irises need well-drained soil in full sun. To keep these irises at their best they should be divided and replanted in July or August every two to three years. Any poor or diseased plants can be discarded, while the best are replanted.

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Repetitive Planting and Plant Communities Repetitive planting has become a captivating trend over the past few Chelsea Flower Shows. A garden from 2012 shows how cleverly the interweaving of only three to four key plants creates a naturalistic theme. Harmony is acheived by restricting the color range as well as the species.

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the "New English" style. It has the same rather simple rectangular pool, clipped evergreens (yet again) and an almost discreet mixed planting, this time with a lot of umbellifers such as ornamental 'cow parsley', Anthriscus sylvestris. We have seen the end, for the time being, of the color-theme border, which has been replaced over the past few years with repetition planting, in which only three or four key plants are used to create a more naturalistic look.

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cloud-pruned box, Buxus spp., in his elegant and romantic 2010 Chelsea garden. Cloud pruning was originally a Japanese method of training trees and shrubs into shapes resembling clouds, but the mounded hedges of box in the Jacques Wirtz garden in Belgium were possibly the inspiration for this more relaxed form of cloud pruning in his Chelsea show garden. Shaping a cloud-form hedge is easier than you think. Imagine billowing clouds as you shape, cutting only into top layers of the bush. It is easier to do this with a hedge that has already grown out for a couple of years; then you can make the undulations as extreme as you like.

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how to create a terrarium in a fishbowl with succulents and different colors of sand: 1. Add a layer of gray sand (available at flower markets) to the bottom of the container. 2. Nestle succulents and cacti in the sand. You can leave them in their containers if you like. 3. Add a layer of smooth black stones. 4. Top with a layer of brick-color sand. 5. Clean sand off the leaves with a soft paintbrush. Add to Ideabookby West Elm by West Elm To make a terrarium in this glass vessel, Powers started with an inch of gravel. Then he added a thin layer of charcoal and a few succulents (this time removing the plastic pots and loosening the roots) inside the terrarium. He added dirt around the plants using a wooded spoon, to protect the glass and his hands.

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Avoid overwatering or pouring water directly on terrarium plants. Water ferns in a fishbowl vessel every 7 to 10 days, using a turkey baster or dropper to avoid spills. Check the moisture level of the soil by sticking your finger in the sand. For succulents in a glass terrarium, Powers suggests waiting a month between waterings.

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Grow Edible Flowers Add color and cheer to your containers -- as well as salads, dishes, and desserts -- by growing edible flowers. Note how calendula and signet marigolds brighten a planting of Swiss chard, cabbage, basil, and tomatoes.

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Smartly Attached Structure Attaching a pergola frame directly to the house at two points, as shown here, means the outboard post connections can be simpler because they don't have to withstand heavy lateral (sideways) loads. They do, however, transfer the weight of the overhead frame onto the deck, so they should be positioned directly above footings or beams.

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PREV 6/17 NEXT Garage Door Pergola Compact and simple, this garage door pergola is an affordable weekend project and an easy way to dress up a garage. Two matching assemblies of horizontal girders (basically short projecting beams) and knee braces support a pair of long crossbeams, which are topped by a series of short 2x2 rungs, creating the appearance of a horizontal ladder. Proper mounting and support are critical. The two end assemblies feature stout timber screws that lock the components together and also secure them firmly to the wall by means of a vertical 2x2 cleat. It's essential that the mounting screws attach to the wall framing itself and not to the surface trim of the siding. Because of its light weight and strong weather resistance, Western red cedar makes a good choice for this type of pergola. A pair of 2x4 crossbeams can safely span 8 feet, but check your local building codes. Wider spans will require increasing the crossbeam size to 2x6 or 2x8 lumber.

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Over-the-Door Pergola Consider an over-the-door pergola to add architectural interest to a traditional, formal home exterior. This one features elaborate curved braces, scrollwork on the beams and joists, and a subtle two-tone color scheme. The heft of the end brackets and crossbeam ensures plenty of strength to support the upper assembly and makes a bold architectural statement appropriate for the scale of the home.

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