mommadukes55 Beautiful trees , great ideas and awesome photos !!! Thanks Jay !

Le jardinet sorry - no

Annie Thornton Maybe you can find something similar in a product search.

http://www.houzz.com/photos/products/red-house-numbers

Annie Thornton Thanks for the feedback lrb945. It's always a helpful reminder to keep in mind. If you're looking for gardening by region, however, do check out our regional gardening sections. There you'll find monthly garden guides, plants that should grow in your region as well as plants that are native to your region.

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/Regional-Garden-Guides#What-to-Do-in-Your-Garden-Now

llswink @Annie Thornton: FIRST, let me tell you that I grew Deer Grass in my SoCal gardens and LOVED it. It is truly little or no care grass, and the look is stunning too! SECOND, Thank you for the link to the Regional Garden Guides! I have moved to the deep south and now I'm clueless about what to grow in my gardens here. This will be very helpful. :)

mcgilla I keep noticing that most of the articles cover plants that will not survive in the coastal south - where we garden. Thanks for this one!

oj4626 I've had 3 of these Tillandsia plants for a couple of months and they have been so easy to live with. One large one is hanging in my kitchen window and two small ones are in a glass terrarium. They are really cool especially if you don't have a green thumb or are just really busy but would love to have some plants that take very little care.

Annie Thornton I would love to have a garden with any of these elements in it — maybe I'll have to aim for the robot for now. Thanks for sharing.

zena1010 Great Tin man... Who didn't love the Wizard of Oz?

ayun Also love the corkscrew willow. Has contorted branches with long weeping stems, great focal tree

Jean Corey Thanks for great ideas; stone creates a look that is much more organic and pleasing to look at than concrete when used in outdoor decorative settings. It feels like time spent at a resort instead of the urban jungle.

g_paulite great place where you can relax & refresh your mind.

Dig Your Garden Landscape Design Great, well-done article about this wonderful native shrub Annie, and thanks for including a couple of my photos! Eileen Kelly

Peggy Papadatos IT'S A MIRACLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monarch Stone International The California Poppy, our state flower, has such a short spring cycle - glad to know that the hardy Matilija poppy, can take up where it left off - in the summer!

julietjones I too would like to know more about pruning/trimming boxwood. I bought 3 of the "Green Mountain" variety which are quite small (because any bigger was too pricy for me). I plan to shape them not into balls, but into cone shapes. I want to know when to start! (and when to stop). they have already become a bit straggly with new growth. I am in Memphis TN, zone 7B.

Fine Art & Portraits by Laurel You've created an interesting mix between sculpted/formal and seemiingly natural. Lovely. A little crowded for my taste, but wonderfully varied.

Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting Hello. Angelita Daisies are drought tolerant, but look best with supplemental water. They are evergreen and will flower in winter in zones 8 an up.

Annie Thornton See more of this flower in Noelle's plant profile ideabook:

Annie Thornton Just came across this photo. The lovely light reflection reminded me of this space.

Lynn Gaffney Architect, PLLC Annie - Great article - Thanks. Reminded me of a project we did in the Chelsea flower district a while back - Lynn

heywatch Wonderful garden, just beautiful!

Laara Copley-Smith Garden & Landscape Design PS: Piet Odolf has grasses down to a fine art as he does perennial planting . His work is well worth checking out : A master plantsman , his work is outstanding & he packs in plants.
http://www.oudolf.com/piet-oudolf

sandrajj Unfortunately, I gave up on my plant and replaced it with something else. Next time, copper wire!

Debbie Dailey Bemos We live in southwest Florida, within one mile of the gulf. We have plenty of your paddle plants. Very low maintenance and they thrive beautifully with extremely little attention. We have them in both full and partial sun. We call them "manatee tails".

bygeorgi DREAMY..... .I'd never leave the tub. The only thing I would do is add some fragrant plantings... creeping jasmine, plumeria etc.....what a good hubby!

lilichoc yes, that is definitely Japanese Blood Grass

Annie Thornton Check out this plant profile on blood grass for more growing info. and design tips.

Lutfi Hamdan Un lavoro eccezionale

Diana Bier Interiors, LLC Abelia bushes also attract bees. Not a fan, especially near the pool!

JMittman Designs Trumpet vines are massively invasive also! Underground runners. DOES bring in the hummingbirds though--its a trade off!

andreakish I first saw these years ago in the Walker Art Museum garden and planted several. They have thrived in my Minnesota backyard and they are fantastic plants. Highly recommend.

ASVInteriors Those aubergine ruffles are magnificent and I get the pleasure of gazing at it from my computer without the value added pew!!

Dave and Deborah Hicks The shape of the center looks a bit different here in FL and has a very descriptive name - "The Penis Plant.." Once you remove it's masculinity the foliage stalks are like celery and the actual foliage looks a bit like an elephant ear except the leaf is very intricate cut and looks like an old fashioned lace doily. With the cuts like that it withstands a lot of the thunderstorm winds down here. I no longer have mine because it also is very sensitive to the frost. Lost both of them the same year.

Annie Thornton Hi laurengregor01, you'll read in the introduction that many are native to the Canary Islands, but there are other regions of North Africa they hail from as well.

lc29 I haven't found the knack for trimming my "zwartkop", when I bought it was like a full little bush, now it tends to be very leggy. Anyone with tips? Do I bite the bullet and trim all the branches back at one time? And how often and time of year?

Root Design & Landscape Ic29: I would make sure you have it in full sun. Have you been fertilizing? Do you have a photo?

Jolanta P Here there is a big dog sculpture covered in flowers. Can we say this is a vertical garden??? Jolanta.