How to Grow Savory grows best in rich, well-drained soil amended with organic matter, and requires a full sun location. The plant makes an attractive, fragrant edging for…
Read more How to Plant and Grow Summer Savory | Gardener’s PathLast Friday night the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers (SGLD) gathered in London to present their annual awards. Gardenista got the scoop on this year’s winners, which…
Read more Nicholas Morton’s SGLD Award-Winning Coastal GardenThe Garden Club of America (GCA) has named Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ Plant of the Year—which, according to its website, “is awarded annually to acknowledge the cultivation and…
Read more Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’: Plant of the Year for 2026The title of the new book Designing the Lush Dry Garden: Create a Climate-Resilient, Low-Water Paradise reveals much of what you need to know about what’s between the…
Read more ‘The Dry Lush Garden’: A Review of the New Book from the Ruth Bancroft GardenAnother low-growing variety that you might enjoy is A. ageratifolia, which has white flowers, silvery-green foliage, and a maximum height of about nine inches. 7. Moonshine A. millefolium…
Read more 13 of the Best Yarrow Varieties for the Home GardenIt’s always a delight to catch up with our friends at the California design studio Terremoto. Talk inevitably ranges beyond the confines of gardens, touching on issues within…
Read more Ojai Gravel Garden by Terremoto: An Interview with David GodshallAll week, we’re republishing some of our favorite Garden Visits that have a personal connection to our writers. No public gardens here, no vast estates, no professionally designed…
Read more Lessons Learned: My Gravel Garden that (Almost) Looks After Itself – GardenistaIn general, flowers are probably less important than form. Some have a fleeting season, perhaps blooming just once before doing nothing for the remaining eleven months of the…
Read more The Best Low-Maintenance Flowers for Your Garden: 8 Sun-Loving FavoritesThis summer has been hot—really hot. Gardeners across the globe have recently experienced the four hottest days ever observed, and by all accounts, this is the new normal.…
Read more What to Do in the Garden in Extreme Heat: Tips for Climate-Resilient LandscapesJust across the Balearic Sea from Barcelona, the small island of Menorca is perpetually confused with Mallorca. No one’s complaining; unlike Mallorca and Ibiza, Menorca is not high-profile,…
Read more Garden Visit: Piet Oudolf in Quiet Menorca – Gardenista3. But go with French lavenders for a longer bloom. If you are trying to chose between English and French, know that while English varieties are more fragrant,…
Read more Lavender: Everything You Need to Know About Growing the PlantBlue Flax, Linum lewisii I can’t get enough of the blue flax in my yard, but it wasn’t always this way. With most other perennials, it’s a binary…
Read more Blue Flax: How to Grow and Care for Linum Lewisii, A Wildflower Native to the Western States“You have to be a tough to be allowed in.” Lindsey Taylor is explaining how she decides which plants to grow in her cinderblock garden, which is located…
Read more Garden Visit: Mindful Neglect in Lindsey Taylor’s Rambunctious Cinderblock Garden – GardenistaWhile I have never visited Australia (yet), I use plants from there so often in my garden designs in the Bay Area that I almost feel like I…
Read more Best Australian Flowers to Plant in the US: Here Are Our Favorites to TryIn the introduction to her epic new book, Visionary; Gardens and Landscapes for our Future, photographer Clare Takacs admits that in 2021 she set out to shoot only…
Read more Visionary by Clare Takacs and Giacomo Guzzon: A ReviewDavid: Filter or weed fabric is an entire industry that, if I could, I would delete with the push of a button. Weeds go through it, it’s plastic,…
Read more Terremoto’s David Godshall, Dawn Wang, and Diego Lopez Answer Our Burning QuestionsFor years I’ve marveled at (and been envious of) the work of photographer Caitlin Atkinson, who captures gardens, interiors, and still lifes with a serene, dreamy, almost ethereal…
Read more Garden Visit: At Home with Landscape Photographer Caitlin Atkinson – GardenistaBuckwheat, Eriogonum If you’re trying to plant more responsibly and sustainably, and also want your garden to thrive with less fuss, consider adding some wild buckwheat to your…
Read more Buckwheat: All About Growing Eriogonum, a Native California PlantWhat happens beneath the gravel is key. Paths need to be built on a strong permeable sub-base of at least four inches. Most firms selling these products have…
Read more Gravel Gardens: Everything You Need to Know About Dry GardensBlue Weber Agave, Agave tequilana A daring husband and wife team in Sonoma county—Laurie and Adam Goldberg, co-founders and owners of Stargazer Spirits—is experimenting with large-scale agave farming…
Read more Agave Tequilana: How to Grow Blue Weber Agave
