Today’s photos are from Lynette Rodriguez.
I am a horticulturist through education: UW-Madison BS ’93. Along with my husband, Francisco, we operate a small landscape business in northern Illinois where we design, install, and maintain multiple sites. I love color-combo vignettes and choose plant material to ensure successful plantings. Our clients allow us to “just do what we do” in order to keep the gardens beautiful. We love our job!
This is a photo I took during a recent “application” of rime ice that blanketed the trees and shrubs on various mornings. Unfortunately, there’s no blue sky in the background, but it was beautiful nonetheless.
More rime ice. Rime ice develops when high humidity combines with cold temperatures.
Sweep and fill the gap—it sounds like a football play, but it’s a design tactic I implement to blend colors. A sweep of Diervilla ‘Cool Splash’ (Zones 4–8) is highlighted with Coleus ‘Vino’ (annual) behind it and ‘American Salmon’ geranium (Pelargonium ‘American Salmon’, annual) in the front. Dashes of powdery blue Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’ (annual) emerge from the bed to calm the richness of the coleus. A sweep of Cleome ‘Señorita Rosita’ (annual) and Salvia ‘Amistad’ (Zones 8–10 or as an annual) provide a break between the dark foliage of the Pennisetum ‘First Knight’ (Zones 7–11 or as an annual) and the aforementioned coleus.
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Comments
Beautiful! Love the combinations! Very inspirational!
Love it all.
Wonderful combinations! An inspiration for spring.
so pretty! love the rim ice and letting us know the term. Coleus are one of my favorite annuals and you use them so well and they complement everything in these gardens.
Thanks for sharing.
So that's what that ice is called, "rime", so interesting to learn.
Love your "Sweep and fill the gap" design technique, what a beautiful grouping of plants, it really works well!
Such a beautiful "end of season with morning light" photo of your garden!
Oh and love that snow covered woodland with the old oaks, such beauty!
Ditto on what everyone said above. You have the gift. Thank you for sharing and inspiring! Waiting impatiently for springtime in the rockies...
Beautiful photos and garden!! Love the snow covered oaks scene especially.
Beautiful color combinations. I especially like the peach hibiscus/hanging basket with begonias combination.
Lynette, I just love the way you combined colors, textures and plants. That's right up my alley. I love it. You and your husband have created a beautiful landscape...Absolutely beautiful. With pen and paper in hand, I've made notes to improve my flowerbeds with new and different plants. Thank you so much for sharing. May your journey be Blessed.
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