Episode 176: Plants with Personality with Amanda Thomsen

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Amanda Thomsen is a landscape designer, project manager, and garden writer. Recently, she opened Aster Gardens in Lemont, Illinois. This neighborhood boutique offers plants, home décor, classes, and events. Amanda brings an irreverent, punk-rock spirit to her horticultural work, so she is the perfect person to help adventurous gardeners to explore some plants with personality. Unusual herbs, hardy cacti, and a foxglove that is not your usual cottage garden suspect all make appearances in this fun episode. 

Here’s Amanda’s personality-packed plant list:  

  1. Lovage (Levisticum officinale, Zones 4–8)
  2. Rozanne geranium (Geranium ‘Gerwat’, Zones 5–8)
  3. Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium, Zones 3–8)
  4. Fernleaf peony (Paeoniatenuifolia, Zones 4–8)
  5. Eastern prickly pear (Opuntiahumifusa, Zones 4–9)
  6. Rusty foxglove (Digitalisferruginea, Zones 4–8)
  7. ‘Forelock’ ornamental onion (Allium ‘Forelock’, Zones 4–8)
  8. Bear’s breeches (Acanthus spinosus, Zones 5–9)

 

Aster gardens
Aster Gardens opened in 2022. Photo: Courtesy of Aster Gardens
vintage finds and home décor in addition to plants.
Amanda’s shop offers vintage finds and home décor in addition to plants. Photo: Courtesy of Aster Gardens
Lovage plant
Lovage

 

Rozanne geranium
Rozanne geranium (photo: courtesy of Fionuala Campion)
Rattlesnake master
Rattlesnake master flowers (photo: courtesy of Kimberly Toscano)
Rattlesnake master foliage
Rattlesnake master foliage (photo: courtesy of Kimberly Toscano)
Fernleaf peony
Fernleaf peony (photo: Courtesy of Amanda Thomsen)
Eastern prickly pear 
Eastern prickly pear
Rusty foxglove
Rusty foxglove (photo: Courtesy of Richie Steffen)
‘Forelock’ allium
‘Forelock’ allium (photo: courtesy of John Scheepers Beauty from Bulbs.)

 

 

Bear’s breeches 
Bear’s breeches
Bear’s breeches, cut flowers
Bear’s breeches, cut flowers (photo: courtesy of Amanda Thomsen)



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