I bought a small pot of 'Blue Moon' woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata) in 2013. It was kind of over its bloom period when I bought it, so I didn't expect much. The following year, it was nice enough, but nothing to write home about. The following year (which was last year) it bulked up enough [...]
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You Need February Daphne In Your Early Spring Garden
April 25, 2014 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Plant info, What's up/bloomingFebruary daphne (Daphne mezereum) is blooming now for me--before the forsythia, before any rhodos, before my spicebush. My February daphne is still a baby, given to me by Deborah Banks when I visited her garden last year. Look, it's not much more than a twig: One sniff was enough to convince me that every cold [...]
Garden Heliotrope: Wildflower Wednesday
June 26, 2013 – Posted in: Native/Invasive, What's up/bloomingGarden heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis) has been in my garden a long time. At the old house, I received a piece of it from a neighbor who had an equally old house and garden. It was growing in her garden when she moved in, and I considered it one of those old-timey plants that always grew [...]
Trailing Arbutus
May 2, 2011 – Posted in: Native/InvasiveI've been trying to go for a walk up in our woods every day that it isn't raining. (We got 8.55 inches of rain this April and our normal is 3.49 inches, so there haven't been as many opportunities as in past springs.) During this time of year, when the native spring ephemerals are blooming, [...]
Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!: Book Review
April 9, 2009 – Posted in: Book reviewsOh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!: Notes from a Gloucester Garden by Kim Smith made me aware of my garden book prejudices: What kind of title is that? You just don't start a title with "oh" and end it with an exclamation point! And then I read the back cover: "Drawn by the tender magic of [...]
The Ladies
July 17, 2003 – Posted in: Peonies, Plant infoI'd like you to meet three special friends of mine: Aimee Bev Rozella I purchased 'Aimee' (actually 'Aimee's Pink') from Brent and Becky's Bulbs in autumn of 2000. It has taken her a while to build up strength, though I suspect if last year hadn't been so bad for spring flowers (with temps in the [...]
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