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By: Plant Combinations: Foliage Plants | Eden Makers Blog

Plant Combinations: Foliage Plants | Eden Makers Blog — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:56:59 +0000

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By: Plant Combinations: Foliage and Texture | Eden Makers Blog

Plant Combinations: Foliage and Texture | Eden Makers Blog — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:53:22 +0000

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:18:58 +0000

Thanks for such kind words, Noel! Really, really nice….and look forward to hearing from you in the future! Let’s hear it for Foliage!!

By: noel

noel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:08:03 +0000

aloha rebecca,

a very enjoyable read and informational as well, i love what you presented and the beautiful photographs are wonderful…i’m starting to enjoy reading this forum and will follow regularly

plus i’m a real foliage freak also so this topic is right up my alley!

By: Aubree Cherie

Aubree Cherie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:21:55 +0000

I love your insight on combining variegated plants. That always seems like such a challenge with plantings!

By: Planning Plant to Plant

Planning Plant to Plant — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:11:21 +0000

that is so cool! I totally did the same thing on my own to try to hold onto the last fading drops of fall…and here we are desperately looking forward to spring…

By: Loree/danger garden

Loree/danger garden — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:16:13 +0000

So let me get this straight…there are people who don’t like spiky plants?! Say it isn’t so! How is this possible?

I would love to have the “prison yard” cordy trees surrounding my front garden! Of course I would have to mix it up a bit. Thanks for a fun post!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:57:10 +0000

I’m glad so many of you thought my Prison Yard photo was a good one….always nervous submitting the ‘dont do this’ photos for fear the owner will come banging on my door!! But I agree – a picture is worth a thousand words! And I love your play on words, Andrew and Diana…they weren’t lost on me!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:55:26 +0000

Ivette – you are TOO much….It is YOU, my dear, who just ROCK THIS HORTICULTURE WORLD!! XXOO

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:54:16 +0000

Hi Angela – you WON’T be disappointed with Pulmonaria. There’s some really cool varieties out there, too – some have blue flowers, some have purple…..good luck! And thanks for the sweet compliments!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:15 +0000

Thanks Carolyn and Scott – hmmm…writing a book…might be in my future (though, not in the near future! Writing this post is plenty for me right now!)…thanks for your kind words!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:51:35 +0000

Thanks Christina! I definitely tend to go for the understated when planting containers…and always love yours which are SOOOOO brimming with exuberant color and excitement….my drab little gray one would just PALE in comparison to yours!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:49:17 +0000

Hi VW -All I know it’s an escheveria elegans…they came off the back of a pick-up truck 45 years ago when my parents first moved into their home. A guy was driving around, selling patio furniture door to door, and when they bought some they noticed he had a huge clump of these in his truck. Flash forward 45 years and these are it’s babies (they’re all OVER my garden) – they’re some of my very favorites!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:47:39 +0000

Shirley and Susan – thank you so much! I hope I don’t come across as ‘Now Class…this is how you do it…’, but I just can’t help get excited about telling others my little tricks and opinions….I guess that’s what a teacher does, though, right? That, and give detentions…. (which I’d definitely give to that person who planted the ‘prison yard’!!)

By: carolyngail choi

carolyngail choi — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:12:19 +0000

As far as I’m concerned this is Chapter One of your book on Foliage and a great one at that, Rebecca.

The dos and donts are always a striking example that bring home the adage that a picture is worth a thousand words.