fall container plantings part II

A few final pictures of some of the autumn container plantings we did this season.

We picked out new triple ball topiaries for these front door containers that I love and the wrapping of the bittersweet berries around them seems to boldly state rustic fall:

little side door planter:

 

These next plantings were for an interior designer's home. I loved using the eclectic mix of plants to meet the eclectic mix of pots.  I am delighted with how they turned out:

a head of croton plant, bittersweet berries, ornamental pepper, kale and kalanchoe plant:

 

This client wanted a simple English garden classic fall feel. Variegated Ivy, deep heuchera and ornamental plum pepper for the autumn season containers:

A hardy succulent centerpiece I planted in the summer was still going strong strong in the cooler outdoor temperatures at a clients home:

and last, a classic fall container of wheat grasses, kale, ornamental peppers, hardy fall mums, ivy and bittersweet berries.

formore of my flowering container gardens visit  here.

fall container plantings part I

 A few photos of some of the containers we planted up this autumn. It is always my favorite season with the simplicity of the designs, the cooler weather to work in and they always come out quite fetching.

this year I loved using the fuchsia celosia to bring a little different color and textures into the plantings (above). 


for more of my flowering container gardens visit here.

New York Botanical Garden - with kids!

The New York Botanical Garden invited me to explore their gardens so this past weekend I took up the opportunity and went with my husband and 3 little girls for our first visit to it in the Bronx. A first of many visits for certain!

Elegant autumn toned dahlias grew in the seasonal walk

I could not contain my excitement and I think it rubbed off on my girls as we excitedly went from garden to garden. As we walked up to the conservatory, my husband saw the sign "A world of Plants" and knew without words that I would want a picture in front of it.

 so many lovely green textures.

I really enjoyed the different hanging baskets of Apocynaceae plants native to Indonesia and Malaysia:

 

riding on the tram!

 The flowering 'sweet autumn clematis' were a sight to see:

Naturally, we spent the most time in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden. My girls loved seeing the massive critters designed using different plantings.

They also enjoyed a scavenger hunt that had them searching for medicinal plants. They even got to plant and take home their own medicinal plant to put on mosquito bites. At the time, I missed what seed it was that they were planting, but we will find out once they start to sprout!

 

overflowing hydrangeas

The garden grounds were so much larger than I expected! For any horty like me, I would recommend spending a full day at the gardens to fully enjoy each area without feeling rushed. There are many things I would love to go back and discover more about that we did not have time to see, especially the Mertz Library. It is one of the world's largest and most important botanical and horticultural research libraries, with over one million items such as books, journals, original art and illustration, seed and nursery catalogs, architectural plans of glass houses, scientific reprints, and photographs. I think that alone would take a whole day for me to enjoy.

As for my girls, they loved it and asked the next morning "when can we go back?!".

summer 2013 container plantings part II

Part 2 of a few of this seasons container plantings that we did.

Hardy succulents:

oleander topiaries:

up close window box:

window boxes up high:

I love using fern in this one:

up close, pink and succulents:

from far:

it was a great summer season! for more of our container plantings check out here

We container plant in northern new jersey. Primarily Short Hills, Summit, and Livingston areas.

  

summer 2013 container plantings part I

A few container plantings from this years summer season! We really got into the succulents this year. Mostly because our grower has been dabbling in growing them. Lets just say we wiped out his inventory of them by the time the summer planting season was over. 

I think these were my favorite this year, honeysuckle trellises as the focal with oranges, purple, dusty miller gray and lime green at the bottom:

bougainvillea topiaries were definitely bright focal points for this modern style house:

 planting a smaller container mix:

 echeveria succulents and creeping jenny outdoor summer centerpiece:

more from the 2013 Fresh Art Planting summer season coming up!

for previous fresh art designs go here. 

We container plant in northern new jersey. Primarily Short Hills, Summit, and Livingston areas.