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Crepe Myrtles
Just when you think you know more than a person should about gardening, someone comes along and shows you how little you know… and I know nothing about Southern Gardening. I have adored Southern U.S. gardens for years- and am … Continue reading
Lavender Fields
Have I not mentioned how much I love the smell of lavender? I’m semi-obsessed. It never grows here as well as it does further south, so I end up cutting it back every year and bringing the cuttings into my … Continue reading
Hot Colors Garden 2011
In my last post, I mentioned my front garden through the years… here is my hot colors garden- this year is its finest ever.
A Slice of Humble Pie
Even experienced gardeners make mistakes. Good Old Bindweed. I could have sworn that it was the morning glories (heavenly blue, of course) that I planted from seed this spring. It grew up right at the base of the trellis, I … Continue reading
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Tagged bindweed, bindweed and morning glories, weeds
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Stargazers in the garden
Stargazer lilies- the Muhammed Ali of wedding bouquets, are truly at their best in the garden. Relatively cheap to buy (for lilies) they are absolutely best planted en masse with fresh bulbs in as large of quantity as you can … Continue reading
Lilacs
pale blue lilacs I love lilacs. Does that sound familiar? I feel as though I am constantly saying that I love things- violets, peonies, irises. But how true- I love lilacs, and they are just about blooming. I have a … Continue reading
Spring Ephemerals
People don’t plant enough ephemerals. How well we all know that we should plant masses of tulips and masses of daffodils, but masses of snowdrops or crocus or scilla are often underrated. But why? They are so much cheaper, earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged crocus, ephemerals, scilla, shawn pfaff for mayor, snowdrops, spring bulbs
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Butterflies
The best part of summer is when the garden comes alive with butterflies. By a happy coincidence, one entire section of my garden is covered with verbena bonariensis- so this summer I am playing host to a good number of … Continue reading
Mosquitoes
If Paestum was abandoned for 1000 years because of the mosquitoes, I wonder how long it will take before my gardens will be reinvigorated? There are mosquitoes in my office, in my house, in my car, garage and definitely, most … Continue reading
DRAMM Sprinklers and Hose fittings
I am in love with a company and I am not paid to say it: DRAMM is my favorite company of the moment. Last year I bought a spray nozzle to replace my terrible, cheap one that I bought from … Continue reading →