Control SnailsYou'll want to protect your new starts and seedlings from the ravages of snails and slugs. It’s also smart to protect the shoots of emerging perennials, which are susceptible to damage. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait.

Create a cottage garden that's right for you. It makes sense to work with the space and the climate you have. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, great; you have a similar climate to England and you can probably recreate a Cotswold garden. In other climates, you'll need to be more creative. In the upper Midwest, plants like hostas function well as anchors in a cottage garden space.

Northwest. "You'll want to protect your new starts and seedlings from the ravages of snails and slugs," writes landscape designer Genevieve Schmidt. "It’s also smart to protect the shoots of emerging perennials, which are susceptible to damage. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."Get her Pacific Northwest April checklist

Hosta's

Like!

Garden

color

Yes, my dacha

garden

Garden

Bushes

Love the mix

garden

plants for shade

Plant combo

Hydrangea

path

Annabelle hydrangea and ?

plantings go together well and will work in Chicago

white hydrangea and purple astilbe

hostas under beech tree

hydrangeas?

Garden

flores

Space, color, light.

i like the hydrangea and hostas?

White hydrangea and deep purple astilbe

Widen path to back deck and plant

Fabulous plants, love the purples and lavenders, note unusual leaves.

plants

Hydrangeas, overall color contrast

layers building to coloured tree providing privacy; though layers start too far in front of the fence for the size of our yard

pretty

love the fence

Plants grouped together

Love the plants

type of plants

plants

can grow these in Idaho

Nice hostas

pathway garden

for the floor rock, peaceful

Cottage garden

Flower beds

back garden

oooh hostas

Shade

For jules frontyard hosta, astilbe

great garden combo

hostas, hydrangeas, heuchera and astilbes

white hydrangra with hostas in shade

Back garden

Memory garden

Love these

Plants

All the plants

Shade

Flowers

Gardening plants

The plants

Beautifull leaves

Beautiful Garden

perennials. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

Spring Garden To Do Check List for April. Site has you click on your designated area of the Country ie; Southeast, for specific check list. Great info

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/8726182/list?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u255&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery9

hosta with hydrange

all different plants blooming at different times

Front rock garden- Big Hostas

new flower beds

texture

Flowr

hostas & snoball vibernum

Hedge garden

Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

great grouping

“Hydrangea, astilbe, day lilies and heuchera” “They are Annabelle Hydrangea”

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side garden plants

Fence

Lovely hostas

ooh - I forgot about heuchera (a.k.a. coral bells) - must add some of these :)

Nice border

Variety of plants.

hydrangea astilibe and lily

Shade plants, north side of house

types of flowers

Shade

love this look !

shade plants

Purple and white

Plants

Great corner garden for our north side corner

pacific nw!

annabelle, heuchers, hostas

planting

Nice garden.

Lovely mixed garden

Cottage garden

This makes my heart sing.

they way it it put together

Shade plants

Hydrangeas

cottage garden with hostas

i like this boarder

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garden

Love this

Everything!

Fertilize to look like this!

landscaping flowers and plants

nice garden

Patio

cozy

Backyard

composition

garden ideas

hostas, hydrangeas, Japanese maple

hostas etc

fence

Shade

why wont my hydrangias grow this tall/full?

this is what my garden looks like in early summer. so beautiful and worth the work.

Cover the sidewalks

Corner of back yard

flowers

Garden

Garden flower ideas

shade

Garden 2013 Northwest. "You'll want to protect your new starts and seedlings from the ravages of snails and slugs," writes landscape designer Genevieve Schmidt. "It’s also smart to protect the shoots of emerging perennials, which are susceptible to damage. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

large hydrangea

Love the colors and foliage

garden

Northwest. "You'll want to protect your new starts and seedlings from the ravages of snails and slugs," writes landscape designer Genevieve Schmidt. "It’s also smart to protect the shoots of emerging perennials, which are susceptible to damage. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

Good shade plants

I LOVE THE HEIGHT OF THESE PLANTS. ? CAN THESE BE USED AROUND THE WATER FEATURE. READ UP ON THEM

Hosta

Hostas

KITCHEN PATIOFRONTBACK YARD HYDRANGEA (+ BY PINE TREES) HAUSTA

Backyard idea for garden

nice full planting

"It’s also smart to protect the shoots of emerging perennials, which are susceptible to damage. Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

it has a really good mix

Plantings

pour nos plate-bandes

Mix of plants and colours

Colorful

Great plant scape in the shade

Garden

plants

así quiero uno para el patio trasero de mi casa...

landscape

hostas

fence and path

TEXTURES AND TONES, COLOURS

the flagstone and surrounding plants

talustiilis aed

i like whatever flowers these are!

Jardin

Nice perennials

Nice shade collection

choice of plants

Yea! My garden is coming back to life.

noi

Nice yard

flowers

spring garden

hostas

Landscape

hostas and hydrangeas for side yard between bob and us?

plant match

Oh what a beautiful setting.. don't you think

pretty hosta hydrangea garden

L

AWESOME!!!!

Interplay of colors, shades of green, and light

shade garden

The combo is grat

Love this look,

I love the landscape.

plants: hydrangea, hostas,lilies,

Garden

Colors, Shrubs, life of plants

Color and filled beds

Garden

hostas, hydrangeas

Love this large hosta!! So pretty!!!

plants

Courtyard

hostas, purple colors with white

could be entrance to patio

or do we want big flagstones?

flowers

Garden

Hosta

Dahlias, hostas (shown), bear’s breech, lilies and Canterbury bells can all benefit from spring applications of organic snail bait."

flowers for side of house

secret pathway

Front yard

Platebande