Tony's the mad genius behind Plant Delights.
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { How many like Me are scared to say that We love some of the specimens named in these posts? The plants that come to mind... } – Jun 19, 7:53 PM
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { White calla (Zantedeschia aethiopicum) is a real bane; I seem to pull up 200 seedlings every time I go outside. The neighbour's place is full... } – Jun 19, 6:28 PM
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { I'll add another...crepe myrtles. I may get run out of the South for this one, but ugh. We had them as the sidewalk strip city... } – Jun 19, 4:54 PM
Commented on Red on red { I would agree with your other comments that it is Blaze. The only reason I think I know, I have it growing up my fence... } – Jun 19, 4:12 PM
Commented on Plants we Love to Hate { Love this topic! I'll throw in star jasmine (aka confederate jasmine). Its everywhere! ground cover, trained up in ugly board fences. Customers always ask if... } – Jun 19, 2:12 PMWe are:
perfect
magazine
gardens.
Gardening
our
asses
off.
Having a
hell of a lot
of fun.
The morning fog that day sure makes things seem so dreamy. Perfect.
incredible………
a genius indeed
I have never been so hot and sweaty in my life. But, it was great to see the garden in Fall.
Susan,
I have been to his sales a few times about 10 years ago. Always spending about a $100 or more each visit. Today I have only three plants living form my purchases a Chinese Butterfly Bush and two huge lespedesas that bloom like crazy one pink the other white. Loved his gardens his Chinese Butterfly Bush had trunks the size of my arms, mine after ten years are about 1 1/2 inches. Enjoyed this posting.
Great use of containers! I love the layout and then adding the containers on the outside only gives it that little bit extra!
would love to see more !
indulge us please.
Is that a waterfall?!
Holy cow!
Can I request more data on that waterfall? Is that whole structure a man-made folly, or is that the terrain where he lives?
Utterly impressive, either way.
That IS a waterfall and it’s utterly manmade, as far as I could tell – the terrain is flat.
I live down the street, around the corner from PDN. I used to work there on weekends. The amazing thing is how young the gardens are, the front section I think was planted in the late 80′s thru mid 90′s, the photos above are from the new section and I don’t think they are even 10 years old.
The entire neighborhood was flat sandy tobacco fields. Tony started out mounding soil and building creekbeds by hand when they moved to the site.
The agave’s are the big surprise to me. In the dead of winter they can appear to be in trouble but once it starts to warm up in the spring they recover. No one thinks of growing that group of plants in the southeast.