Nan Ondra

Addendum to ‘Deeper Into Orange’

by Fran Sorin July 25, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Design

Steve’s recent post, Deeper Into Orange, did a magnificent job of showing how to use the color orange in the garden to create certain moods and bring some punch and ‘exoticism’ to a planting scheme, especially in the summer months. His article motivated me to browse through some of my photos to see where orange had been used to create an [...]

Unexpected Delights – Gladiolus In My Garden

by Nancy J. Ondra September 1, 2007 – Posted in: Bulbs

Until a few years ago, glads definitely wouldn’t have appeared on my list of top 10 (or 50, or even 100) plants. If I thought of them at all, I pictured rows of long-stemmed, huge-flowered spikes leaning at precarious angles, with color that lasted all of about two days. I do like the look of [...]