Cold Climate Gardening

Recently I’ve been reading Color for Adventurous Gardeners By Christopher Lloyd. As usual I enjoyed his writing, mostly because he is such a “cranky” writer–highly opinionated and not very diplomatic about it. Also, as usual, 85% of the plants he writes about aren’t hardy enough to grow in my garden. But, no matter, he’s always thought provoking, and this book is richly illustrated with photographs, so I don’t have to try to imagine what a hebe looks like. But it reminded me once again how difficult it is to pin colors down. I mean, I …

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