A week ago, when I started this post, it was cold, bitterly so, after a very long and warm fall. Any tropical I didn't get moved …
Ornamental grasses breathe life
Ornamental grasses breathe life into your garden and knit your landscape together blade-by-blade. Let me count the ways. As …
Hydrangeas for Oklahoma’s finicky climate
Do you like hydrangeas, but despair of growing them in hot and sunny Oklahoma? Here are several hydrangeas for Oklahoma's finicky …
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What looks good now
Good morning Sunshines! I hope all is well in your world today. Mine is a-ok, copacetic, in fact. Today, I want to share what …
Ornamental gardens are forgiving
Ornamental gardens are forgiving, and mine has certainly had a lot to forgive this year. The garden's slump started with …
Gardening isn’t easy
Gardening isn't easy. It isn't hard, but it is work. I think garden communicators should be more honest and open about that. …
Travelogue: RHS Garden Wisley
Good morning campers! Did you think the travelogue was over? Ah, no, it is not. We have many more places to go and things to see. …
Grow this! Phlox divaricata
Although tulips and narcissus are pretty, Phlox divaricata is the one perennial that makes my spring garden sing. It softly …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: Is it really March?
Can this only be March 15 and Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day? The temperature feels like late April, but before you run to the nursery …
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Beautiful foliage carries the summer garden
A garden without beautiful foliage is boring especially in the middle of a hot summer. Except in Oklahoma's most temperate years, …
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How to balance garden desires
There comes a time in every gardener's life when she realizes she can't grow it all. Gardeners by their very nature fall in love …
Goodbye 2015, but before you go….
Two thousand fifteen, you were an exceptional year, and a lot happened around the Red Dirt ranch. It's nearly time to move on to …