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Celebrating Regional Diversity! « Garden Designers Roundtable — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:46:30 +0000

[...] Rebecca Sweet (Gossip in the Garden) â€“ Los Altos, CA Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Celebrating Our DiversityRegional Diversity Roundtable (Peel) [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:32:54 +0000

thanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely add that to my list!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:32:27 +0000

You know…I haven’t seen many Brunneras out here – they look like they’d be a giant snail-snack. Thanks for the suggestion…I’ll definitely research that one a bit more!

By: AK

AK — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:02:10 +0000

I really enjoyed this post and the photos in it!

I was thinking last night about Hosta analogs… Are you guys able to grow Brunnera? I planted B. ‘Jack Frost’ in my first ever professional installation last year, and it did amazingly. Different in ways from Hosta, but alike in key ways as well. Reputedly low-water once established, but I know we get more summer rain than you do, so I know plants that require no water once established here may require maintenance watering there…

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:05:16 +0000

Splendid post! I love talking to clients and understanding what their vision is. An education exchange going both ways!
You’ve illustrated beautifully that “desert-y” can be lush. May I suggest another work horse for your list? Native blue penstemon. Love it!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:34:16 +0000

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it – hope you’ve had time to read the others’ as well…great perspectives from around the country!

By: Loree/danger garden

Loree/danger garden — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:25:44 +0000

Love your post and the wonderful pictures you included to illustrate your points.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:24:40 +0000

Thanks Pam and Susan – glad you both got the ‘record skip’ concept! and glad you liked my definition of ‘California Fusion’ (it’s usually used with restaurants out here…but heck, I still think it works)!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:22:44 +0000

Miss Kim has done really, really well here. It’s description is ‘icy blue’…which it is NOT. It’s flowers tend to be a pale lavender, but still…it’s a lilac, and it blooms here, and it has that addicting fragrance.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:21:43 +0000

Love the bergenia! It’s my new favorite plant (okay…not ‘favorite’, but on my list of top 20)…Thanks again!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:21:05 +0000

Thanks Germi…..my brain twin! I adore English gardens and have tried throughout my entire life to figure out how I can ‘get me some of that’….but alas, those Peonies just elude me. The ones that do okay out here are the pale, pasty pink ones…not the vibrant, deep magenta ones that I crave. sigh….oh well…I’ll just have to settle on a big ‘ol Leucadendron instead!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:19:28 +0000

Thanks, Helen! Glad you liked the lookalikes! It’s a fun concept, isn’t it? Hmmm…maybe an idea brewing here….

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:18:38 +0000

I’m so glad you like the topiary photo – they, too, always make me smile. Some designers tend to go on and on about how awful they are, calling them pruning disasters, etc…. I couldn’t agree less! To me, those topiaries represent someone’s love of their own garden….and I just hate it when people put other garden styles down! No…I don’t necessarily want one of those in the front of my home…but to each his own, right?? Thanks again

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:00 +0000

Thanks Dan..yes – it’s very rewarding and enriching to work with so many people from around the world. I’m always, always, always learning something new! Glad you love the Med. garden..with you could be there soaking up some of the sun (you guys need it right about now!)….