I wanted to share a few quick snapshots of color from a quick stop in at this very charming flower shop in Brooklyn. The space is inviting and packed with fresh cut flowers and healthy plants: my version of feeling like a kid in a candy shop.
The owners, Kerry (flowers) and John (plants), were very gracious and helpful. They do have a website, but also have started a store blog in order to easily show off their most current work - and you can get a peek at some cool event spaces and clients' gardens if you go through the archives.
Kangaroo Paws(Anigozanthos), a fuzzy plant from Down Under
I have a soft spot for buddhas, especially if they can also hold flowers~
Outdoor plant space, accented with blue and orange
Ceramic birdhouses (only decorative, but still cute)matt at apartment therapy dot com
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Love the use of orange next to those blues... I always look forward to the eye candy of the plant posts.
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Wende--what other great plant posts have you found? I enjoy them, too, and am always looking for ideas. Alas, the orange beauty wouldn't work in my garden--
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Oh, I just love all of them. Pretty flowers can't handle our Arizona climate, so reading Matt's posts is how I get to admire plant life that doesn't have spikes.
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Is that a tiny little buddleia (butterfly bush) on that 1st picture? How lovely! Or is it just cut stems? I can't tell, and I'm not even sure mini ones exist! If it's a tiny window-sill-sized buddleia I'd love to know where I could get one! I'm moving house and have to leave mine behind cos they're too big :(
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tin angel, it looks to me like the first picture has a veronica spicata in it, which is a hardy (and smallish) perennial with buddleia-like flowers. It doesn't smell the same, alas. But it comes in some great purples and violets.
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Matt, I really like RootStock but hadn't been by in a while and I didn't know they were blogging. Thanks for letting us know.
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Can someone recommend shade loving plants that can live in containers and are hard to kill for those of us who need "gardening for dummies"? My entry area gets almost no direct sun. I have some phlox that's clinging to life after I apparently over-watered it...it had nice blooms for a week, then they all shriveled up. :-<
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Thanx JosieDaisy!I'll check those out. Boomer - lilies of the valley like shade and are gorgeous! The rhs (royal horticultural society) has a fantastic website with a plant finder search where you can type in everything you want (shade loving, low maintenance etc) and they find you a list of suitable plants - www.rhs.org.uk
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the tiny orange flowers in the first picture are asclepias, and it is indeed a cut flower. not sure if they have this in plant form.
rootstock and quade is one of my true loves!
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