Fine Gardening magazine asked me to submit a Spring Planting Plan for their regional experts section which appears in the April 2024 issue. ![]()
They also encouraged me to have fun with it, so I submitted a true "danger garden" style planting. No bulbs or spring ephemerals for me! The planting plan is based on a vignette in my front garden, which is also on the cover of my book.![]()
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Here's another view, photo taken last September, when the euphorbia were not in bloom...![]()
The featured plants are: Yucca rostrata (photo taken at Argyle Winery).
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Agave ovatifolia
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Euphorbia rigida
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And Mahonia gracilipes...
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This is a really good issue of the magazine too (I'm in good company). There's an article from Dan Johnson, whose garden I was able to see in 2019 as part of the Fling in Denver (post here). He writes about vignettes and knitters—two things I also like to write about and lecture on.
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And a story from Curtis Steiner, whose Instagram feed I enjoy. His Seattle garden is all about the foliage (sound familiar?).
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I was eager to see what the "artists rendering" of the planting would look like, since I know it so well in my garden. I like the way she put one of the euphorbia in a container, I might have to do that!
The featured plants are: Yucca rostrata (photo taken at Argyle Winery).
I believe the issue is on newsstands now, check it out!
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