The Transplanted Gardener: Little landscape lessons
Even if you're not new to the Monitor, it's possible you may have missed Creative Combos, a聽 photo-driven feature I've been writing with the aid of ace garden photog. David McDonald.
We take a little vignette 鈥� a composition of plantings 鈥� and show how and why they make for effective landscaping.
Here's what these columns look like:
鈥� Pieces of Silver: How pale colors ease transitions in garden beds and borders.
鈥� A Palette of Garden Grasses: These ornamentals add grace, form, and movement.
鈥� Not Your Grandmother鈥檚 Hens and Chicks: Drifts of succulents can be stunning.
鈥� A Dreamy Blue Contrast: Sometimes subtlety is its own reward. (See side photo.)
鈥� Of Golden Bookends: On the cutting edge with colored foliage.
鈥� See-Through Plants and Sheer Artistry: Defying the conventional wisdom.
鈥� Stopping the Eye at an Intersection: Man, nature and anthropomorphism.
鈥� Ride the Red Wave: Creating a scene by contrasting color and texture.
鈥� French-Style Floral Flair: Close your eyes and think of 鈥� Gallic inspiration.
鈥� Giving Grass Shape: An invitation to climb higher. (See top photo.)
Errata: Iowa, my adopted home, has four seasons 鈥� Snow, Ice, Mud, and Dust. And all these elements get in your house somehow or another. Well, there are five seasons if Dog Hair is a season.
