MONTHLY THEME: Winds of Change
This month’s feature plant is the Japanese Anemone, Windflower genus Anemone hupehensis. This late summer to fall overachiever brings much-needed flowers to the garden when so many other flowers are already done for the season.
Read MoreMONTHLY THEME: Let’s get PASSIONATE!
Now that I have your attention, let’s get passionate about gardening with this month’s featured plant the Purple Passion Flower genus Passiflora incarnata.
Read MoreMONTHLY THEME: Bring on the ANNUALS!
I’ll be the first to admit I don’t invest a lot of money in annuals. Since they only last one season, I can’t justify the expense (feel free to call me cheap or preferably thrifty). However, I do start several annuals from seed. For the low price of a package of seeds, I get to enjoy colorful blooms and whimsical greenery in my garden throughout the summer.
Read More“I must have flowers, always and always.” Claude Monet
Most people prefer a bouquet of a dozen red roses, but I would rather have a handful of pink or yellow tulips. Like you, I’m still anxiously waiting for drier and warmer days to work in the garden. We’ve had one or two nice weather days and then it goes right back to dark and dank days. However, the weather hasn’t deterred my tulips from peeking their cup-shaped faces out of the murky ground.
“I must have flowers, always and always.” Claude Monet
Most people prefer a bouquet of a dozen red roses, but I would rather have a handful of pink or yellow tulips. Like you, I’m still anxiously waiting for drier and warmer days to work in the garden. We’ve had one or two nice weather days and then it goes right back to dark and dank days. However, the weather hasn’t deterred my tulips from peeking their cup-shaped faces out of the murky ground.
With the fear of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) hanging over our heads, we need the beauty of spring more than ever. I long to be outside, with the breeze blowing through my hair, dirt between my fingers, and the robins singing. It’s been a difficult March and it looks like it won’t end anytime soon. So, at least we have spring.
Not your everyday houseplant
Read More"Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender." Alice Walker
Read MoreContinuing with the theme of bringing flowers into our homes during the cold winter months, I decided to write about Paperwhite genus Narcissus papyraceus.
No, it’s not another article about poinsettia’s!
During the holiday season, everyone likes to write about the Poinsettia or Christmas Cactus, but I’m going to turn a page in the playbook and discuss the Amaryllis.
Read MoreAre you are looking for an attractive groundcover that can grow in partial shade, crappy soil, fluctuating water levels, no serious insect or disease issues, and easy maintenance?
Read MoreVan Gogh wrote, “You know the peony is Jeannis, the hollyhock belongs to Quost, but the sunflower is somewhat my own."
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