Hostas in Houston
Here at Ravenscourt we face the west and have two-story houses on both sides creating some very shady beds on …
Category Archives: Gardening
Magic elixir for plants! The benefits of seaweed in your garden.
Seaweed has a long history of use by humans, around the world in coastal areas, as food and to help …
Blue Chip Buddleia for beauty, birds and butterflies!
A favorite perennial shrub of mine for cottage gardens, butterfly attracting gardens and as a low border is Blue Chip …
Join me on a wander thru The Natural Gardener in Austin
On our late May mini vacation in Austin one of the places we visited was The Natural Gardener. We went …
Garden Quote – John Thomas Howell, “No poet has yet sung the full beauty of our…” California Poppy
“No poet has yet sung the full beauty of our poppy. No painter has successfully portrayed the satiny sheen of …
Meeting Dee Nash, author of The 20-30 Something Garden Guide
This past weekend we gave ourselves a few days off after working without any since the beginning of March. We …
Garden Quote – F.T. McKinstry, “The strongest and most mysterious weeds….
“The strongest and most mysterious weeds often have things to teach us.” ― F.T. McKinstry, Ascarion Thinking of my favorite …
Oakleaf Hydrangea at Ravenscourt Garden
A few years back I decided to see how Oakleaf hydrangeas would do in my garden here at Ravenscourt. This …
I enjoy red and green plants together….a quick study of color theory
The theory of color can be a life-time study. As an art student and designer I have spent a great …
The beauty and function of Mexican Plum trees.
Many of the trees that we have in our garden here at Ravenscourt are from rip-outs we have done for …
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