If this is the first time you’ve come across the phrase “crevice garden,” it won’t be the last. This style of gardening is on the tongues of every gardening taste maker I know and is an approach to gardening whose time has come. Crevice gardens bring together a number of elements that make them must-haves in the modern garden. They are water wise, architecturally striking, perfect for small gardens and containers, and provide ideal conditions for growing a wide range of beautiful and unusual plants. Most critical, it is a style of gardening that not only brings a striking, fresh aesthetic to the garden, it also provides ideal conditions for a wide range of plants and helps them survive whatever extremes our climates throw at them. So whether you garden in steamy North Carolina, high-and-dry Denver, or frigid Maine, crevice gardening will work for you and allow you to grow a wide range of fascinating plants.
Idaho Botanical Garden
16.02.2024 - 16:13 / gardengatemagazine.com / Sherri Ribbey
Idaho Botanical Garden If gardening in a dry climate is your challenge, the Idaho Botanical Garden has lots of solutions! Idaho Botanical Garden Boise, Idaho
Here’s a great place to visit if you’re looking for water-wise garden ideas. Founded in 1984 on the site of the historic Idaho State Penitentiary, many of the gardens within the Idaho Botanical Garden still feature the previous buildings’ native sandstone walls.
There’s so much to explore in this 32-acre garden: an English border designed by John Brookes; native and drought-tolerant displays; a rose garden; a large children’s garden; vegetable beds, and a shady meditation garden with a koi pond where you can relax and beat the heat. And visitors to the Idaho Botanical Garden should also check out the adjacent Firewise Demonstration Garden to see plants and landscaping practices that can help protect their homes.
Visit the water wise Dry GardenAlthough winter temperatures are somewhat mild in this zone 6 garden, it only averages 11 inches of rain each year. The Dry Garden above showcases a wide range of super-drought-tolerant plants for gardeners in the Intermountain West who want good-looking borders without much watering. Horticulture Director Duran Villegas says they focus on creating plantings that visitors can have success with at home.
Explore the Native Plant GardenIn the Native Plant Garden you’ll find Munro’s globemallow (Sphaeralcea munroana), Oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), sulphur-flower buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum) and other plants that thrive in this region. Behind the scenes, the team at the Idaho Botanical Garden is working with the city of Boise to increase the population of a rare, native perennial, the Boise sand verbena (Abronia
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