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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: A Case of the Instant Landscape
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Friday, April 4, 2014. A Case of the Instant Landscape. We have heard them all before, even quoted one from a classic, cult 90's movie, the case of cases. someone's got "a case of the Mondays", "a case of the blues", and a "case of. the instant landscape? I would be lying if I said I had never experienced it. Here is what I would love my instant landscape to look like. After one day of planting:. Yeah right . especially as my hydrangeas look like this right now. Often times the plant you purchase at the ...
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The answer is quite simple, a cool summer courtyard. What is the floor material? Do you need a ceiling? The next step is to decide what you would like to incorporate into your space. For instance, in this courtyard we incorporated: shade, water feature, outdoor dinning area, grilling area, and reading nook (a swing in this case). See the above layout. Ceiling fan and pergola. Shade is achieved through our pergola and Carolina Jessamine. A Water Feature (or two). Great evergreen ...
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: Blooms, Blossoms, Bosoms & Education
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Thursday, February 6, 2014. Blooms, Blossoms, Bosoms and Education. 2014 symposium poster by Brantley Snipes Landscape Design. Garden Clubs. In the South, they are one of our many societal institutions; institutions that have been in place since the days when people actually spent time in their garden. ( I use the word institution not lightly, as southern institutions are the "norms" in our culture. This year's speaker is Carol Reese of the University of Tennessee. Carol works to keep the horticulture in...
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: Which Switch is Which?
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Which Switch is Which? Spring is upon us! It seems we have been chomping at the bit for a few weeks now, but with daylight savings time taking place Sunday.we can taste the warmer days. I have been so excited in anticipation of spring that I made a bit of an identification blunder. Yet, my lesson was re-learned and I thought this an opportune moment to share. Here's how to tell the difference between the two. The tangle of green stems with a few open blooms. Forsythia is one of t...
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: October 2012
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Sunday, October 14, 2012. Fall at its Finest. Early morning over ms river bridge at helena. Daylight over a towboat along the mighty missisip. Rust fall color of the bald cypress. Collage of fall color of a roadside cypress break along hwy. 49. Even duckweed is beautiful in the fall. Golden rod, cattails, & johnson grass. Fall colors all around. Nothing cleaner or crisper than a cotton boll. Fluffy, white clouds. of cotton. Blue sky, sunny day. Hard to tell where the sky stops and the field begins.
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: March 2014
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Which Switch is Which? Spring is upon us! It seems we have been chomping at the bit for a few weeks now, but with daylight savings time taking place Sunday.we can taste the warmer days. I have been so excited in anticipation of spring that I made a bit of an identification blunder. Yet, my lesson was re-learned and I thought this an opportune moment to share. Here's how to tell the difference between the two. The tangle of green stems with a few open blooms. Forsythia is one of t...
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: A Closer Look at Winter Color...
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Monday, January 27, 2014. A Closer Look at Winter Color. A sweetgum grove of winter shades. Despite its reputation as a hum drum, dull month January actually offers a wide palette of shades, tints and hues of all colors.you just have to look a bit closer. In fact, set amidst the browns and grays of winter, January's colors are quite vibrant, quite spectacular, and quite invigorating. A january blue sky. Shades and tints demonstrated on this fence post. Berries of a sumac. A lingering red maple leaf.
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Brantley Snipes Landscape + Design: April 2013
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Thursday, April 18, 2013. Trees that Brought It this Spring. With summer temperatures suddenly upon us this week, I caught myself longing for that cool spring that was gone before we knew it. I flipped through some spring photos for a reflection back on the flowering trees that just "brought it" this spring. Start planning now to work one of these guys into your landscape, so when next spring arrives you have breathtaking glimpses of:. The Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis. Thursday, April 11, 2013.
