I have a very wide range of interests when it comes to plants. Perennials, trees, shrubs, succulents, rock garden plants, native plants, South African plants; I’m fascinated by all these plant groups and many more. Having lived and gardened in New Mexico for the 30 years, one group of plants I have been growing since [...]
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Walking through my rain revived gardens these past couple of weeks, it finally hit me what makes the fall in the garden ,its most beautiful time of year. For one, many of the plants are much larger than those that bloom in the spring. Instead of sheets of blooming bulbs, phlox, cold hardy Delosperma and [...]
It’s the first day of fall with the arrival of the fall equinox (equal night and equal day length as summer officially changes to fall) Without question, the spring and summer of 2011 were the most traumatic I’ve ever had to deal with. I’ve been remiss in posting my blogs. But, as someone who [...]
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I am re-running this article because the story continued with this amazing plant. Agastache ‘Blue Blazes’ became a national sensation after it launched in the 2011 Spring catalog. It launched on he cover of our Collectors Edition. It then caught national attention because this Agastache can feed Hummingbirds, Butterflies and Bees. Read original post here. Share on Facebook
Now that it’s officially summer, and the heat has arrived, we’re all looking for ways to stay cool. Well your garden plants are feeling the same way. And that’s where putting a blanket down can help; a blanket of mulch. Mulching is a well practiced gardening technique of covering the soil with some type of [...]
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Being a western gardener my whole life, the brilliant skies and intense sunshine have had a profound influence on my plant choices and the colors I like to use in my gardens. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s the bright, bold, saturated colors that my eyes enjoy the most. Share on Facebook
Last May 2010, I designed and installed a new garden in front of the Placitas Community Library. The garden was the last component of this remarkable project for the village of Placitas, New Mexico. This little town northeast of Albuquerque in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, designed and built this wonderful library and community [...]
My home base, Santa Fe Greenhouses (home of High Country Gardens) is located in an industrial/commercial part of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Over the 28 years that I have been running my nursery and greenhouses, our location has morphed from being on the edge of town among the rural fields and prairie to being surrounded [...]
I enjoy the anticipation of putting a big planting of new perennials into the ground. It’s exciting to see new transplants I’ve been growing since last summer or fall, establish and mature to their full beauty. As a critical part of the perennial testing and propagation at High Country Gardens, I spend a lot of time planting [...]
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I was once asked, “ Shouldn’t you be doing more important things than growing plants?” Well, that question got me thinking. And in a nut shell, here is my answer. “No, there IS nothing more important than growing plants!” Share on Facebook
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