by Carol | Dec 14, 2016 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend
Add Cape Fuchsia to Your Modern or Cottage Portland Landscape Hummingbirds love Cape Fuchsia for the nectar. I love to use it in designs because it adds so much color, is easy to grow and the new varieties work well with modern and cottage garden styles. This plant...
by Carol | Nov 16, 2016 | Before and Afters, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Low Maintenance Landscape Examples, Plants I Recommend
Cape Fuchsia, Phygelius, is a colorful, low maintenance long blooming summer flower for the Pacific Northwest. I use it in landscape designs for clients who love color and watching hummingbirds. It’s a personal favorite of mine and rates at least 2 blogs. Cape...
by Carol | Oct 20, 2016 | Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Plants I Recommend, Winter Gardening
Entry Presence with Winter Red Foliage for Portland Landscapes Exciting Winter Color Shrub As a Portland landscape designer I have many clients who want exciting winter color in their landscapes. When new clients fill in their landscape preference survey they often...
by Carol | Jun 1, 2016 | Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Tree Selection
Portland Landscape Designer Appreciates Diversity of Dogwood Trees The diversity of dogwoods is well illustrated by these two trees: Cornus Kousa ‘Summer Gold’ and Cornus Controversa ‘June Snow’. Colorful Summer Privacy Tree for Small...
by Carol | May 18, 2016 | Design Basics, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, New Improved Plants, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend, Shade Plants, Tree Selection
Diversity of Dogwoods – Part I Dogwoods are a very large family. There are twiggy shrub dogwoods whose hot colored stems light up the winter landscape. There is a dogwood who blooms in March with yellow flowers and makes an edible fruit. There are semi...
by Carol | May 4, 2016 | Before and Afters, Customer Testimonials, Dramatic Flowers, Garden Tips, Parking Strips, Plants I Recommend
“My garden adventures with Carol, Design in a Day, began in 2010. Carol took my “mismatched” garden and pulled it together by incorporating a variety of plants which added interesting leaf shapes, texture, and color. With the addition of stone...
