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MOMENTS IN TIME
My idea of a decent garden guarantees lots of visual diversity with little surprises tucked ’round every corner. This kind of variety requires quite an assortment of plants. The fuel which fires my enthusiasm for gardening is that continuing search and anticipated discovery of a new plant that can promise at least three seasons of visual delight. With the spring planting season finally arriving, it is a good time to add to your collection at least one plant that brings some new dimension. Buying a few new plants always provides that additional motivating factor to go out and get digging again. No matter what plant gets added to my garden it prompts a new focus of attention and that always has a positive affect on my disposition. Each gardener surely has their ever changing list of favorites. If one wanders my garden you can quickly discover a few probably overused favorites that many might consider pesky. Each to their own.
Moments In Time: Ornamental Gardens
Creation of an extraordinary ornamental garden—one that pulls you to walk through its path—requires evaluation. What captures the attention? What creates the aesthetic intrigue? An artist or landscape designer follows steps to achieve a balance of interest sometimes so ingrained they defy explanation. But here is an attempt towards explanation. To cultivate a garden that even occasionally reveals a show-stopping design calls for a knack in combining elements. For me there’s this creative flash that empowers me and I’m lost for hours rearranging what I imagine may prove to be one of those combos. Of course its not pre-planned for me although there is a diary around that does have notations for sometimes the flash occurs when I can’t possibly drop everything and garden!.
