We finally snapped a picture of my favorite Brooklyn brownstone stoop gardens this afternoon. This brownstone planter is simple — just two plants — and elegant. The plants take advantage of their location; passers buy look up into the grass and little blue flowers. If this planting was viewed at ground level, the little flowers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
15 Jul
Roof Garden Plant: Daylilies
We planted a pot of daylilies in our Brooklyn roof garden at the recommendation of the helpful team over at Liberty Sunset Garden Center. In the spring and early summer, the lilies gave us a big punch of green. And the daylily started flowering during the first week in July, just as our Ameria maritima [...]
13 Jul
Brooklyn Apartment Window Box
Happy Monday! We walk past these window boxes every morning on the way to work and wanted to share them this morning. These Brooklyn window boxes hold piles of petunias, a bleeding heart bush, and some pansies peaking out too. We’re inspired by how big these window boxes are and by how much dimension they [...]
12 Jul
How Can We Make This Pole Look Better?
Our roof garden sits in the center of our roof. Our chairs stare out directly at this rusty exhaust pole. We hung a lantana there and strung up solar lights, but we want to do more. We need your help . . . what else can we do to make this pipe look better? We [...]
10 Jul
Our Roof Garden Rose is Blooming
I gave two heirloom rose bushes to R* for his birthday — Yesterday and Cottage Garden from HeirloomRoses.com. The heirloom roses are small when they arrive. We chose these roses bushes because “own root” plants don’t get transplant shock and are more able to adjust to the rooftop conditions. The roses have only been in [...]
1 Jul
Slightly Strawberry Looks Simply Sickly
We planted our pink and green container last week. While the white verbena is flourishing, the two Anisodontea Slightly Strawberry plants look sick. Leaves are curling and turning yellow. Any advice?
26 Jun
M and P’s Jersey City Roof Garden with Tomatoes and Koi
Take a look around the Jersey City roof garden M & P share with their dog Caruso. There’s a couple of firsts here: we’ve never seen roof garden tomato plants this huge . . . and we’ve never seen a rooftop water garden before. M’s morning glory vines are climbing a rope trellis he made. [...]
25 Jun
Blackbook’s Brownstone Brooklyn Stoop Garden
No roof access? No excuses. Why not plant a garden on your stoop … or windowsill … or the tree well in front of your building. Scrounge up some space this summer. But before you get started, check Blackbook for sage urban gardening advice. #10 is the best: Spend the extra couple of bucks on [...]
