Landscaping Eye Candy For Ideas

I'm passionate about gardening catalogs which I use to find new plants and inspiration. I recently discovered a wonderful California nursery from Annie's Annuals. Annie Hayes's nursery sells California wildflowers, annuals and perennials. And you can take it from me, she delivers inspiration. The twenty-year old nursery shares our gardening Zones 8 - 10 although its considerably less humid than Florida climates. That difference aside, Annie's Annuals landscape displays offer lush ideas for drought-tolerant garden beds and containers.


This weekend, Annie's newsletter highlights a variety of succulents with one of my favorite garden themes, English cottage gardens. The garden designer is superstar David Feix. Take a peek!

Click here to order a free Annie's Annuals catalog.

Hurricane Earl

An awesome photograph of Hurricane Earl from outer space taken by NASA Astronaut Douglas Wheelock. Will Hurricane Earl threaten Florida gardens? At this time, it looks like we will just be subjected to rain and 15-foot waves on our coast. But, this time of the year, you should always be prepared for hurricanes. Hurricane Fiona is right behind Earl.

You can follow Doug Wheelock's tweets and more beautiful photographs on Twitter.