In Egypt gardeners worked by a blending of pleasure, practical reasons, and spirituality. The necessary vegetables as well as similar food-bearing plants would grow around pools of fish. Certainly the majority was grown as food but they also nurtured some plants to honor some of their gods. Additionally, other plants, prized highly by the temples for religious and medicinal purposes, grew in locations away from the gardens.

Others, too, came to be famous for creating early plantations. Also active were the Assyrians, the Persians, as well as the Babylonians, and they are noted for incorporating buildings of significant scope into places. As you might predict, one other example of a civilization who practiced this was the Romans — the Greeks, mind you, dedicated themselves to the food potential of their plantations rather than the visual.

At that time, spades and hoes were the fresh concepts that garden forks and lawn rakes would be in times to come — real differences even before looking at what raw materials they were made from. They used bronze, copper, stone, iron — the ages of history of course named after the raw materials in use.

The chaos after the fall of Rome caused later cultures to put down the simple spade and other garden tools — save for the churches, who grew certain flowers and herbs for religious purposes. Slowly we went back to growing flower gardens to enjoy. This trend went on throughout the 16th and 17th century, by which point gardens had become increasingly established and structured. Some superb examples can be found as hedge mazes, drawn from labyrinthine textures.

Rules like these are no longer the be-all and end-all, and as such there’s really no reason to worry — have fun, and stay confident regarding investigating how to remediate that bothersome garden fork deformity or reading some well written lawn rake reviews. Where others abided by gardening guidelines which had been carefully observed for centuries, “Capability” Brown and those like him created a special mix of instinct and structure by bringing together artificial decorative pieces such as columns with natural lines.

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Today, gardens often look quite different but nonetheless we cultivate plants for the same reasons as our ancestors. Nonetheless, they’re always among the most beautiful settings on earth.

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This week we’re taking the opportunity to introduce you to hardy Geraniums, specifically ‘Sir Cedric Morris’. ‘Sir Cedric Morris’ was one of our most popular feature plants in 2004. Hardy geraniums are ideal for use in perennial gardens, rock gardens, borders or as ground cover, and excellent for difficult-to-mow sunny slopes. They are forgiving and come back year after year with little to no maintenance. These are true perennials not to be confused with florists’ geraniums.

‘Sir Cedric Morris’ is an especially large flowered variety that produces a visually stunning show of luminescent magenta pink blooms with broad overlapping petals against the large, finely divided deep-green leaves. Expect an impressive 24-30 inch mound of color from each plant.

Caution: ‘Sir Cedric Morris’ Often Creates Jealous Neighbors!

Get ready for plenty of questions from passersby about this unusually beautiful plant. Most will assume that it is expensive and takes extensive garden know-how to create such impressive displays. The secret is, ‘Sir Cedric Morris’ makes it easy! What you tell others is up to you.

‘Sir Cedric Morris’ thrives in sunny, hot summertime weather. Just water them regularly until established. Expect the long-lasting blooms from late-spring through early-summer.

Planting and Caring

For best results, plant anytime from early spring into early fall. It performs best in a fully sunny or lightly-shaded location and accepts either acid or alkaline soils, as long as they are well-drained. Plant 24 inches apart for a weed-inhibiting ground cover.

Click here to view ‘Sir Cedric Morris’ Hardy Geranium on the Carroll Gardens website.

Alan Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening and landscape design. He has made Carroll Gardens one of America’s preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials and woody shrubs over the years and reintroduced numerous “lost” cultivars back to American gardeners.

Carroll Gardens publishes a weekly online newsletter written by Alan. It contains valuable gardening advice and tips and answers to customer questions.

Every Saturday, Alan hosts a call-in gardening forum on WCBM radio – 680 AM. For those outside of the WCBM listening area, they can listen to radio show via the internet.

Visit CarrollGardens.com to learn more about Carroll Gardens, the weekly newsletter and the radio show.