The Secret Garden is a path through the woods along the side creek on our property. (See map at the end of this article.) The creek comes under the road through a culvert and then drops several feet to the creek bed below. I refer to this as the waterfall, which may sound a tad [...]
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Spring Ephemerals: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2013
May 16, 2013 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingSpring ephemerals typically bloom in May here. We have many growing at our new home that didn't grow wild at our old home, plus there are many that I acquired through purchase or trade while at the old house that I brought over with me.Here are a few of my favorites.Bluets grew in the lawn [...]
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Bearing Fruit: Wildflower Wednesday
October 24, 2012 – Posted in: Native/InvasiveThis past May I shared with you how excited I was to find Jack-in-the-pulpits growing on our new land. I thought you'd like to see what one Jack looks like when it goes to seed: According to William Cullina in Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Propagating Native Flowers, every Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) has both [...]
Jack-in-the-Pulpit: Wildflower Wednesday
May 23, 2012 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingJack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) is a native plant that has entranced me since childhood, probably since I was first introduced to it on a Girl Scout camping trip. In my previous post about wildflowers I showed the Jack pictured below. Soon after I took that photo, that particular plant was laid low by hard freeze, and [...]
Wildflowers Along the Road: Wildflower Wednesday
April 25, 2012 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingIt is getting to be peak wildflower season in my part of the country, a couple of weeks ahead of the usual time. I took a walk in my new neighborhood, and this is what I saw.This is growing on our property, along the path I am making by the big brook.This is growing on [...]
I Hate These Kind of Plants
May 10, 2010 – Posted in: Hydrangeas, Native/Invasive, WeatherI hate the plants that can survive a cold winter but can't take a hard spring frost. It is so aggravating! The problem is they emerge too early from dormancy for their own good. I'm talking about: 'Endless Summer' hydrangea. It will get through a USDA Zone 4 winter but break into leaf long before [...]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day May 2009
May 16, 2009 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingSpring has finally arrived at Purdville. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost some of my photo gallery features when I switched to this new design. You can click on each thumbnail for a larger image, but then you have to use your browser's Back button to get back to the thumbnails. Also blooming: Creeping phlox [...]
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