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In the veggie garden, we've been harvesting some leaf lettuces; basil; and Italian flat parsley - as well as a few edible radishes (a miracle since we usually only get leaves). No red tomatoes yet, although lots of little green ones are visible...
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Saturday, July 26 in Boylston Introduction to Water Features - Tower Hill Botanic Garden Saturday, July 26 in Bristol Succulent Wreath Workshop at Blithewold Saturday, July 26 in Boylston Patriot's Pride Daylily Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden Saturday, July 26 in Concord Iris Society Sale at Verrill Farm Saturday, July 26 in Boylston The Tower at Tower Hill Botanic Garden Tuesday, July 29 - Tuesday, September 02 in Boylston Aromatic and Medicinal Herbs Sunday, August 03 in Boylston Love Blooms Tour at Tower Hill Botanic Garden Sunday, August 03 in Boylston Naturally Beautiful Gardens: Adventures in Landscape Ecology Tuesday, August 05 - Sunday, September 14 in Boylston The Unseen Garden: Flowers in X-Ray Vision Friday, August 08 - Sunday, August 10 in Amherst 34th Annual NOFA Summer Conference Saturday, August 09 - Saturday, August 23 in Boylston Copper for Your Garden Read More Events... |
 Flowering vines of all sorts, both annual and perennial, add an extravagant and dramatic touch to our gardens and outdoor living areas. Like a tumble of spectacular perennial clematis, flowering vines can add privacy, disguise harsh landscape elements, and give an aura of beauty. Many annual vines grow fast enough to cover a trellis in only a few weeks. By mid-season, you can have an entire trellis softly covered with foliage to block the winds, offer some shade and add privacy. The options are endless. Plant them in the ground in front of a windowpane trellis or by a tree wrapped with a flexible trellis. Use them in a planter box with a redwood fan, a pot with a topiary frame, or in a hanging basket or window box A particularly attractive option if you have limited room is to construct a trellis in a planter box on a deck or balcony... Read More... |