Posted by Radovan Hajek on Feb 08 2025
It’s always wonderful and useful to visit gardens. To see how plants are combined, how the plant needs are met or not, or how the plants perform. If they are pushed to their limits, still manage and why so. How the growing strategies are knitted together, if the color palette tunes well. There’s always something new to discover and learn, even if you see mistakes or early stages of establishments.
I’ve traveled and visited many… Read more
Posted by Radovan Hajek, US Perennials on Jan 21 2023
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta is an excellent garden
perennial notable for its adaptability, durability, very long flowering period
and attractiveness for many pollinators. Named perennial of the year 2021 (announced
by Perennial Plant Association, USA), it’s still unknown in landscaping in many
parts of the eastern USA, which is why I decided to re-introduce this plant. If
you haven’t seen it in American gardens, don’t worry because this pe… Read more
Posted by czechgardener on Mar 14 2019
Here are just some pictures of individual plants, perennial combinations and bulbs, that were planted in flowering vineyard flower bed. Pictures were taken since early spring 2018 till August 2018. Flower bed was designed for non-stop flowering since early spring (bulbs) till late fall (fall asters, grasses) and should be supported by very long flowering annuals like Zinnia, Verbena bonariensis or others."Empty" areas for annuals were filled with… Read more
Posted by czechgardener on Mar 14 2019
Published on September 9, 2017 on www.czechgardener.comHallo for the third time today!The last part of my 2 months work resume is the “Lavander hill” project and new path too.Lavander hill was originally place for a bench with the view over the
pond from small hill……..But later on it changed to a waste area, partly
covered with pond liner (mostly under layer of soil), some volunteer
seedlings of trees, weeds, invasive Miscanthus sp. and wee… Read more