bwisegardening

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Bringing The Tropics To Tennessee

This afternoon I was once again swept away to the tropics when I looked out my window at this beautiful hibiscus. I found this beauty at Lowes - one of Costa Farms' selection.

And check out this Abutilon

Well, it feels like the tropics these last two weeks, might as well look like it.

Labels: Costa Farms, Hibiscus, Lowes, tropical plants

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Around The Garden World - Day 19

If you are looking for plants from around the garden world to enhance your garden, check out these exotic hibiscus!

And what about this groovy bougainvillea. All seen at the Gulf States Expo in Mobile Alabama

Labels: Hibiscus

Sunday, April 14, 2013

California Spring Trials - Day 2 Prologue

Well, it's not actually Day 2 - it's more like a week after Day 2 in case you were worried that you have been in a time warp. The only thing warped is my overstuffed schedule where I'm trying to work full-time designing and organizing the planting of thousands of annual flowers, write articles, start writing a new book, be a participating part of my precious family, travel to plant nerd events and give seminars on plant nerd info, and sometimes escape to enjoy some time with my ever-faithful girlfriends. Somewhere in there is doing something that I also really enjoy - having time to write my blog!
But I know what you really want to know is "WHAT WERE THE BEST NEW FLOWERS YOU SAW". I am incredibly thankful to Proven Winners Plants for providing me and opportunity to be a part of their trials and a chance to tour the other plant trial facilities. Proven Winners has some fabulous plants that are calling my name.

One of PW's Graceful Grasses that will find its way into many of my containers is this rich burgandy-leaf "Vertigo".

"Vertigo" creates a nice arching grass that gets 24"-36" high and 24" round, loves full sun, and is tolerant of heat and drought.

Hibiscus "Cherry Cheesecake"

Proven Winner's Hibiscus Summerific 'Cherry Cheesecake' was absolutely dreamy, even in bud form.

PW's Hosta 'Whee!' and Heuchera 'Cinnamon Curls'

Groovy leaves on the 'Whee'

Available next year will be Lilac "Boomerang" - a repeat blooming lilac bush!

Labels: California Spring Trials, Hibiscus, Lilac, new plant introductions, Pennisetum Vertigo, perennial plants, proven winners plants

About Me

Name: barbara wise

Location: tennessee, United States

"Gardening is not some sort of game by which one proves his superiority over others, nor is it a marketplace for the display of elegant things that others cannot afford. It is, on the contrary, a growing work of creation, endless in its changing elements. It is not a monument or an achievement, but a sort of traveling, a kind of pilgrimage you might say, often a bit grubby and sweaty though true pilgrims do not mind that. A garden is not a picture, but a language, which is of course the major art of life." Henry Mitchell "The Essential Earthman" I work as the Floriculture Director for Landscape Services, Inc. My job includes designing and planting semi-annually hundreds of annual beds containers and garden beds for commercial development, neighborhoods, and residents requesting our horticulture services. I love my job and the opportunity to bring beauty to our local communities. Most of all, I love introducing new plant material to the average gardener, and to helping them find success in their own gardens.