Carlisle
When visiting London in May I wrote about the best gardening bookstore there, Blenheim Books. One of my purchases was Transparent by Daniel Ost. I first wrote that his book was a mind altering experience. See for yourself. His website is Danielost.be. Ost’s concept of marrying the flower with the vase is so apparent […]
The changing shades of purple larkspur complement the different tones of heather transitioning summer into fall. Both are spiral flowers and the pink lilies surround them. A little limonium fills in with three greens, there I go again three greens: tree fern, variegated pittosporum and salal, and I forgot a fourth, seeded eucalyptus.
Here are two more greens, variegated pittosporum on the left and tree fern on the right. They work very nicely together. The pitt gives you two colors, green and cream. It is not pliable but some of the branches do have curves. A little can take you a long way. The tree fern is airy. […]
The holidays are coming so let’s do a series on greens and fillers. Here are two greens, seeded eucalyptus on the left and salal on the right. Salal comes in branches about two feet high with smaller branches of the main one. Its leaves are not a bright green which can work to your advantage. […]
A quiet dinner with friends to end the weekend calls for something restrained as the centerpiece to ease into another work week. Here we have pastels in pink and cream to add the soft touch.
