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| Image from Tom Stuart-Smith's 2009 Chelsea Garden. |
The week after the Academy Awards, the internet is abuzz with fashion experts declaring who was the best dressed and who wasn’t at this year’s show. This ritual is ridiculous yet captivating. I yell, “Who cares!” at my screen, yet find myself clicking through the slide show. The disasters are as interesting as the beauties.
And then it hit me. Why not do the same for plants? When it comes to designing plants, I am as opinionated as any Hollywood fashionista. And probably as obnoxious. There are so many undervalued plants whose gleaming moment has come. And then there are a host of other plants whose overuse of them has made them, to be honest, clichéd. Gardens are not immune to fashion trends, otherwise why are you reading those glossy garden magazines? So here it is dear readers, my recommendations of what will be hot this spring 2011, as well as a list of plants whose moment has passed. Remember, just because a plant is on the “not” list, doesn’t mean it’s not a great plant. It’s just not trending now.
