This is what ’s slew in the house right now : Erlicheer tazettas from Old House Gardens
At this time of twelvemonth , the inboxes of garden writers ( and editors of any writing style ) are flooded with trend report and predictions of what mass will be constitute , purchasing , and installing in the coming season . Most of it is so silly that my delete finger’s breadth does n’t stop displace enough to translate more than a sentence or too . But , just for merriment , here are the ace I will definitely be ignoring :
Apps and devices that will work together to send me messages about my plantsNo . Way too fussy . And unneeded . I do like plant ID apps though and enlightening 1 like Armitage ’s . Though — when it comes to make information on your gadget , Wikipedia and the various extension websites are fairly comprehensive , depending on your penury .
This is what’s trending in the house right now: Erlicheer tazettas from Old House Gardens
Plant “ tables”This come up when one of my garden architect friends suggest I have a succulent table . I can see why some might discover that novel and attractive , but I like the comfortable mobility of container . I do n’t want this big object that ca n’t be used for what it is — a mesa .
Creating a garden where you may have cocktailsIt ’s not that I wo n’t be follow this ; I just do n’t understand why people need to be told that they can sit and have drinks in their garden and necessitate explanations of what they need to do to make that happen . Chairs and tabular array are a trend ? ( Sure , I get growing cocktail fixings if you want , but it really did blab out about having seating . ) .
pay any attention whatsoever to Pantone colorsI fit with Edgar Guest ranter Marianne Wilburn on this . As a magazine editor in chief , I fuck that cope with color using Pantone is very important for graphic design , but I do n’t need them in the garden .
dwarf are backNo .
trend I do like , if they even are n’t trends anymore : I do love life using native industrial plant , pollinator - favorable plants , and containers of all form . Water feature are non - trending plainly ; I still sleep with them . And here ’s something that apparently has n’t been a style since the nineteenth C but I still love it : bulb forcing . I also love art in the garden , but am very conservative about ingest too many object . This is really a big cakehole for many gardeners , and the home and garden show do n’t help , with their tempting display of ornamental goods that might depend slap-up on the shelf , but do small more than make clutter in the garden .
We ’ll see . Did I miss any trends we should be let the cat out of the bag about ?
