Seasonal plantings

5 BEST PERENNIALS FOR FALL

5 BEST PERENNIALS FOR FALL

What are some of the favorite fall perennials for garden designers?  Here are a few landscape ideas that are best for fall gardens.

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5 GREAT TREES FOR WINTER INTEREST

5 GREAT TREES FOR WINTER INTEREST

Grey Birch.  If I had to just plant one tree, this is it. I can't imagine any tree more beautiful in the the winter landscape than this native.

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5 FAVORITE SHRUBS FOR WINTER INTEREST

5 FAVORITE SHRUBS FOR WINTER INTEREST

Winter may be the most challenging season, but also the season that tests one's talents as a garden designer!

When doing a planting plan many garden designers, landscape designers, landscape architects design for the winter landscape first, then orchestrate their plant palette for the remaining three seasons afterwords.

Here are five favorite shrubs for zone 7 New York City gardens.  Do you agree? Which shrubs would you add to this list?

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5 BEST SHRUBS FOR FALL COLOR

5 BEST SHRUBS FOR FALL COLOR

The beauty of fall color surpasses all other seasonal highlights. It's a joy to create a colorful nyc garden design among the grey buildings and early winter skies.  Here are my five favorite shrubs for fall, whether I've planted them on a roof garden, brownstone yard, residential property or college campus landscape. A late-season garden is best described by a landscape designer friend.. "with all the plants flopping over, somewhat disheveled from their perfect summer form, it's as if we're at a party where everyone stayed a bit too long!"

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