Here are three plants that are blooming for the first time in my garden. Purple dragon is a relative of Jack-in-the pulpit. I got my plant last year at the local rock garden society members-only plant sale. Apparently the plain green form can be "weedy" but the purplish form is not. We'll see. So far [...]
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My Delightful Garden: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day September 2015
September 20, 2015 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingThis has been the best gardening year I can remember. Until a dry spell arrived in September, we enjoyed consistent rainfall and moderate temperatures. There is nothing like moist soil and a cool morning to draw a gardener into the garden, and that's where I went, leaving my blog behind me. Here are some of [...]
Frost-Tolerant Flowers: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day October 2014
October 15, 2014 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingLife as we know it doesn't end with the first frost. Beauty doesn't stop, either. We have had several light frosts (28.5F/-1.9C was the coldest) but no hard freezes, which means many garden plants are still going strong. (Do you know the difference between a frost and a freeze?) I was able to gather several [...]
The Garden Has Arrived: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day June 2014
June 17, 2014 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingMy patience has been rewarded. The days of staring at mostly-bare-dirt beds with puny divisions of shrubs and perennials are over. The beds that I created the soonest after we moved in have now filled in. Granted, there are a lot of self-sowers filling in the gaps, but give me a viola over a dandelion [...]
Plant combinations in containers for 2008
August 10, 2008 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingImprovisational Container Planting I am pretty lackadaisical when it comes to container plantings. I have three window boxes hanging on the porch fence-cum-railing and a rusting metal washtub that I found in the barn when we moved in. I never really plan or purchase plants for these containers. I count on something showing up due [...]
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