Native Range: Eastern North America USDA Hardiness: 4-9 Height: 48″ Growing Conditions: Full sun; moist soils This showy cultivar of one of our regionally native perennials has found its way into several of OvS’ recent gardens. Its large, vivid, plum-colored flowers steal the show when in bloom (July through frost). We were surprised however by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘perennial’
Adding Year Round Interest to the Azalea Garden at the New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Projects, tagged azalea, design, garden, Hilary Oat-Judge, landscape architect, landscape architecture, New York Botanic Garden, oehme van sweden, perennial, Sheila Brady on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The redesigned Azalea Garden at the New York Botanical Garden is scheduled for a Grand Opening May 7-8, 2011, just in time for Mother’s Day. Sheila Brady and Hilary Oat-Judge recently spent two days at the garden with Todd Forrest, Kristin Schleiter and Travis Beck of NYBG laying out some of the final herbaceous plantings [...]
Creating Texture in Container Plantings
Posted in Projects, tagged annual, container planting, evergreen, Garden Design, grasses, Hilary Oat-Judge, landscape architect, landscape architecture, Lisa Delplace, oehme van sweden, perennial, shrub on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent glorious fall day, Lisa Delplace and Hilary Oat-Judge installed container plantings for a long-time client in McLean, VA. Lisa selected a mix of evergreen shrubs, grasses, perennials and annuals to create distinct textural compositions at each entry and terrace. Here are a few favorite combinations in the custom Pennoyer Newman Florentine Planters [...]
Revisiting the Fed
Posted in Projects, tagged Architects, architecture, bollard, Eric Groft, Federal Reserve, garden, Garden Design, landscape, landscape architecture, New American Garden, Oehme, ornamental grass, OvS, perennial, perimiter security, van Sweden, washington dc on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
August’s stifling heat has some advantages – many plants have been lured by the sun into their full summer exuberance. Oehme, van Sweden staff members spent a recent lunch break basking in the sun ourselves and enjoying lush plantings at the Federal Reserve campus in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve was one of OvS’ earliest [...]
