For this blog, I am reviewing only outdoor fountains with big reservoirs. I am not suggesting you get a pond or waterfall. These are a lot of work and money to put in and maintain.
When I worked at the Great Big Greenhouse in the early ‘80s, the owner assigned me to a enthusiastic horticultural expert to get a quick tutorial on plant care. She was a bouncy always smiling character, and incredibly enthusiastic about anything having to do with plants.
In my busy days as a landscaper, I had one large estate where we developed dozens of different gardens or “outdoor rooms”. One outdoor room was along a driveway that wound through the property. It was sort of like an outdoor long wide hallway. All plantings were deer resistant. Flowering shrubs included rhododendron, clethra and itea.
Last year we went out to Colorado in late August to visit my son and his family. I was looking at his vegetable garden which was full, green and organic. All of a sudden he bent over and with each hand pulled out 2 hunks of something green with a white flower. “I hate bindweed! Look at this, it’s everywhere!” he yelled!
I love visiting my garden after a heavy rain. Plants and weeds seems to have grown overnight. Some perennials lay flat in garden beds with blossoms intact. Tree limbs droop and have to be pushed aside to pass.