Plant Specialists has been creating spectacular rooftop retreats in Manhattan for over 50 years ( that’s a lot of gardens ! ) Here are a few tips that we consider with every garden that we design. If you are looking for good terrace design – consider these, then call Plant Specialists ! Tip 1 […]
Flowers that ROCK the art world ( and mine )
Nothing is as beautiful as flowers, it’s no wonder that they’ve attracted the attention of artists from the beginning of time. Beyond sheer beauty, flowers provide rich opportunities to play with color and form. The results can be found pretty much on any give day at museums around the world, and also in NYC […]
He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me
The daisy derived its English name from the Anglo-Saxon term daes eage, or “day’s eye,” referring to the way this flower opens and closes with the sun. Lovely Black Eyed Susan’s with a frog visitor Sentiment & Symbolism Primarily known as the symbol of childhood innocence, this charming wildflower is said to originate from a […]
Ho Ho Ho – or if you are a gardening Santa Hoe H
Grab a bottle of wine ( or two ) Turn the television off Ittttttttssss gardennnnn Trivia time – well really Christmas trivia ! A beautifully decorated ( by Plant Specialists ) front of townhouse, Manhattan How did red and green become Christmas colors? We mostly have holly the plant – ( not go lightly […]
What is a Hybrid ?
Hybridizing from a commercial perspective is a process by which new, plants are developed with particularly desirable qualities therefore making them more marketable. Hybrids are developed for their disease resistance, growth rate, size of plant, flower, fruit or size of fruit, increased flowering, color, taste, or any reason a plant might be considered special. Most […]
Garden Gnome Liberation Front
What your not a member ! read on … The myth, or so I have heard, is that garden gnomes come to life in the dark of the night and get all of those nasty jobs in the garden done – that you leave until the very last thing or if you are smart you […]
Cocktail garden
Its drink o’clock! Lets talk growing for your bar ! I always stared in awe when walking into a bar ( now that is a fond memory of the past ! ) and there would be massive mason jars lined up behind Mo (the barman – hey Mo ! )All lit up so that you […]
ALLELOPATHY
Many years ago we noticed how when planting sweet potato vine into containers (a summer display) all the hibiscus alsoplanted with it would stop flowering soon after. We also noticed how some annuals didn’t do well in pots with marigolds.We were curious and decided to investigate. ( think Sherlock Holmes ) We discovered that some […]
Dominance
Stop! – this is not about bondage – its about Genetic Expression ! Plants have two sets of chromosomes in their cells, each containing many genes in a sequence along its length. The ones in the same locations (facing each other) on both chromosomes control an expression. We call them alleles. Many times these are […]
