“Cupcakes” In The Garden
Do you like cupcakes?
Do you prefer a plain cupcake with no frosting?
Or maybe you like just a little bit of frosting….
Of course, many people like cupcakes with a thin layer of frosting on the top….
I don’t know about you, but I prefer an entire piece of cake (which is much bigger then a cupcake) with lots of frosting all over it….
How about you?
****************************
After I walked out into my back garden this weekend and seeing my Sage shrubs in full bloom, I just couldn’t resist another post about the unfortunate practice of formerly pruning flowering shrubs into ‘cupcake’ shapes.
Of course you can read more if you like:
Flowering Shrubs Aren’t Meant To Be Cupcakes
Noelle Johnson, aka, 'AZ Plant Lady' is a author, horticulturist, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, grow, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, dry climate. She does this through her consulting services, her online class Desert Gardening 101, and her monthly membership club, Through the Garden Gate. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."
Lol! I know! I think of you every time I see cupcakes in las Vegas. I don't know why people think that looks good.
Oh the sage bloom just took my breath away this last week. It never lasts long enough though. If you ever do a post on how to prune them once they've bloomed, (we stopped shearing ours after reading your posts) I would LOVE it. They are a bit unruly and blocking walkways but we really want to do it right! LOVE your blog!
These plants should be left in their natural shapes. I always hated living in my apartment complex….just before they'd bloom, the bushes would be trimmed. Very sad. I like plants to look natural:) SO more frosting please:)
LOL
I planted 4 sages recently and so look forward to their growing up, though the dogs keep romping through 2.
I do not like cupcakes in the garden.
We moved here from CO in July and I still find it so strange that they trim the bushes here to death. I have never seen so many lawn worker around, and I have lived in ND, MN and CO. We have a huge beautiful all natural sage at our rental house and it is stunning. Glad I stumbled on your blog, we are also a adoptive family.
I love cupcakes, but not in the garden! What a silly fad that just won't go away/ I do, however, appreciate your humor!