Inspiring Ideas and Photos Take the Autumn Garden to the Next Level
I’d read several books by Piet Oudolf and by Wolfgang Oehme, but I never really “got” the fall garden until I read Fallscaping, by Nancy Ondra and Stephanie Cohen. Somehow those two American women made gardening in the fall accessible to me in a […]
Entries tagged with foliage
Fallscaping: Book Review
January 28th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
Categories: Book reviews · Design
Keywords: autumn · foliage · garden design · nancy ondra · ornamental grasses · plant combinations · stephanie cohen
Kathy’s Autumn Picture Show
October 21st, 2006 by Kathy Purdy · 14 Comments
Sunday, October 8th, was a gorgeous autumn day, sunny and warm. I decided to go up the hill for a walk in the woods, camera in hand, and you get to share the results. (Be forewarned: this is an even longer than usual post.) But first, a little bit about where we’re going. Our family […]
Categories: Colchicums · Habitat gardening · Native/Invasive
Keywords: asters · autumn · colchicum · colchicums · foliage · habitat gardening · native plants · paths · secret garden · winterberry · witch hazel
Colchicum Foliage
September 17th, 2005 by Kathy Purdy · 3 Comments
How could this happen? After explaining to Zoey in the comments of this post what colchicums were, I realized I had never shown what the foliage looks like. It’s not exactly breathtaking, so I don’t have many photos of it to share. I had to scan in this photo, which was taken in my very […]
Categories: Colchicums · Plant info
Keywords: colchicum · colchicums · foliage · seeds










