Need some help to fill in the canvas of your vision for your outdoor spaces? Learn more about the plants that Mark likes.
Paperbush
This is such an interesting shaped plant. It has a open, sprawling shape. And the best part is the wonderfully fragrant blooms in the early spring. And don’t they look cool?
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Winter Daphne
This is one of the first fragrant flowering plants in the garden. You can hardly notice it aside from the super fragrant blooms. It does have little pink and white blooms. Needs good well drained soil.
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Solomon Seal - Ruby Slippers
A favorite for those challenging shady areas. Like the species, white flowers are produced in late spring below the stem, rather than on top. At the leaf axils, blue berries follow and are held on the plant until late fall. Of Japanese origin.
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Basil
This is one of my favorite garden plants. It’s easy to grow in good soil, sun and some moisture. If you have never had home made pesto, you are missing out. It smells like heaven and the bees love it so much, they will actually snooze in the blooms.
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Stone Crop Sedum
If you are looking for a sun loving, drought tolerant plant, then Stone Crop Sedum is it. It’s got a nice blue green foliage and pretty blooms in the early fall. It’s also deer tolerant.
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Spiraea
It’s hard to beat a hardy shrub with lovely blooms like a Spiraea. The growers keep introducing new varieties with pops of color. This one looks exciting.
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Camellias
It’s hard to beat the dark green leaves and lovely blooms of a Camellia. Most are not fragrant but a few are. The southern way of prolonging the blooms is to cut them just below the boom and float them in a shallow glass of water. You can also extend bloom times with Camellia Japonica and Camellia Sasanqua for spring and fall blooms.
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