carex: garden design by carolyn mullet

I design & build gardens and this blog is about all things landscape and garden that can influence garden making. My bias is toward the clean, straight forward, and spare but I can be seduced as much as anyone by the sensuality of nature. However, what I post will be about more than the pretty, precious, and nostalgic. We'll see how well I do. And "Carex"? It's a sedge frequently used in planting native gardens. I like it very much.

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Posts tagged: perennials

Heuchera ‘Sashay’ seen this year at the Wisley Flower Show in the UK.

Source: wellylady.blogspot.com

High-res 10/17/12 — 11:49am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwVTC8U9 Filed under: #heuchera 'sashay' #perennials #garden #gardens #garden design #landscaping

beautyandthemuse:

Sissinghurst, Kent, England

The White Garden

Source: beautyandthemuse

High-res Notes: 61 9/15/12 — 9:41am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwTQbzw7 Filed under: #sissinghurst castle garden #gardens #garden #garden design #20th century gardens #English Gardens #Landscape Architecture #landscape design #landscaping #outside spaces #Residential garden design #perennials #flowers

Ice plants (Lampranthus). Designed by Los Angeles firm Rob Steiner Gardens.

Source: robsteinergardens.com

High-res Notes: 8 8/30/12 — 11:27am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwSRK473 Filed under: #rob steiner gardens #ice plants #lampranthus #los angeles gardens #gardens #garden design #Landscape Architecture #landscape design #landscaping #outdoor spaces #residential design #gardening #flowers #perennials #planting design

Holly Fern (Cyrtomium fortunei ‘Cliviola’)

Source: facebook.com

High-res Notes: 6 8/27/12 — 4:35pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwSG6GBx Filed under: #fern #plants #gardens #Holly Fern #garden design #perennials #landsacping #landscape design #Landscape Architecture #design #outdoor spaces

Notes: 13 8/27/12 — 10:26am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwSE_Ddy Filed under: #fountain #perennials #plants #gardens #garden design #landscape design #Landscape Architecture #landscaping #outdoor spaces

English garden designer, Dan Pearson, in his home garden in Peckham, London.

Source: telegraph.co.uk

High-res Notes: 5 8/25/12 — 2:00pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwS7073i Filed under: #dan pearson #English Gardens #gardens #landscaping #Landscape Architecture #outdoor spaces #naturalistic garden #perennials #plants #landscape design #residential gardens

Lovely photo.

maycharters:

#succulent #venicebeach #nofilter gorgeous day #lucky #girl (Taken with Instagram)

High-res Notes: 9 8/24/12 — 8:21pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwS4C-gE Filed under: #succulent #perennials #plants

San Francisco Botanical Garden at Golden Gate Park.

Source: richmondsfblog.com

High-res Notes: 2 8/21/12 — 6:26pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwRtaRKo Filed under: #arbor #garden design #gardens #landscaping #landscape design #Landscape Architecture #perennials #Botanical Gardens #public gardens #san francisco botanical garden #golden gate park #design

Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’

High-res Notes: 2 8/16/12 — 7:41am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwRX7of0 Filed under: #perennials #artemisia powis castle #gardens #garden design #landscaping #landscape design #landscape architecture

A garden in Normandy, France by English firm Cleve West Landscape Design.

Source: facebook.com

High-res 8/15/12 — 5:56am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwRSlU3V Filed under: #french gardens #garden design #landscape design #landscape architecture #cleve west landscape design #gardens #landscaping #sculpture #garden sculpture #knifophia #perennials

Grey planting on a California project designed by Los Angeles landscape architect, Rob Steiner.

Source: robsteinergardens.com

High-res Notes: 7 8/14/12 — 4:06pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwRPzRfG Filed under: #garden design #landscape architect #landscape design #plantings #dry garden #rob steiner #gardens #gardening #perennials

columbinellc:

Japanese anenome
Wilton, CT

High-res Notes: 6 8/12/12 — 8:29pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwRIQXM1 Filed under: #japanese anemone #gardens #garden design #perennials #Landscape Architecture #landscape design #flowers

White Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectablis ‘Alba’) Another shade perennial that deer don’t eat.

holdontoeverysecond:

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High-res Notes: 3 7/24/12 — 7:04pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwQ1I-hC Filed under: #perennials #white flowers #Shade plants #deer resistant plants #dicentra spectabilis alba #white bleeding heart

And deer don’t eat it. Ferns, that is.

nezartdesign:

life unfolds

Source: pinterest.com

Notes: 593 7/24/12 — 6:57pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwQ1HJod Filed under: #fern #perennials #deer resistant

An exuberant summer garden planting at Broughton Grange located in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Designed by English garden designer, Tom Stuart-Smith.

Source: broughtongrange.com

High-res Notes: 6 7/16/12 — 8:31pm Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZV90AwPVMI0x Filed under: #tom stuart-smith #garden design #perennials #planting design #Englisg Gardens #broughton grange