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Fall colors reveal leaves’ true hues
Every year, many of our trees perform a little fall magic, changing the color of their leaves right before our eyes. Maple, oak, dogwood, tupelo, ginkgo, sweet gum and others turn their green leaves to red, bronze, gold, orange and yellow. An interesting fact? Many of...
Late-blooming shrubs color the Indiana landscape
Late-blooming plants soon will be at peak beauty, especially perennials with mums, asters, sedums and black-eyed Susans defining the season. Toad lilies, Japanese anemones and the aptly named, white flowers of ‘Autumn Bride’ coral bells also enhance the late-season...
More Hydrangeas for the Indiana Landscape
Hydrangeas have white or pink flowers and sometimes, the enviable blue. Flat flowers are called lace caps and those that look like balls are mop heads. Some have cone-shaped or panicle flowers. Hydrangeas are the shrubs of summer, calling to us from the garden this...
Native Hydrangeas that thrive in the Indiana Landscape
Clamoring for our attention in the summertime are hydrangeas. They wrap around our porches or adorn the deck or patio for a beautiful declaration of the season. Perhaps a hydrangea stands loaded with blousy flowers as a focal point among other shrubs and trees. Or one...
2018 Decorator’s Show House
We are back! Just a few photo's of our garden at the 2018 Decorator's Show House: Harry Lauder’s walking stick intrigues visitors to the 2018 Decorators’ Show House and Gardens, 4140 N. Illinois St., in Indianapolis. Blue fescue and creeping phlox define the...