What do you do when the shrub you based your entire English-cottage-style garden upon dies? The rose, that fair-blossomed beauty, …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day–March and spring plans
In Oklahoma, there's not much blooming this March for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. Normally, …
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Wildflower Wednesday in Oklahoma
In honor of the fifth anniversary of Gail Eichelberger's Wildflower Wednesday meme, I want to share some of the wildflowers I grow …
Time to Prune Roses
It's time to prune roses in Oklahoma if you have any not yet stricken by Rose Rosette Virus. If your rose has Rose Rosette, shovel …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: October
Good morning or afternoon depending upon when I get this October edition of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day posted. Thank you to Carol …
Planting fall-blooming flowers for pollinators
What should you plant for pollinators to bloom during the late show--that short or long time period between hot, hot days and the …
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Wildflower Wednesday Gaura
On this Wildflower Wednesday, I want to promote the sweet genus gaura. G. coccinea, Scarlet beeblossom, is native to many states. …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, September 2014
It's the 15th of the month, and you know what that means. Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is shared all over the planet and hosted at …
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Ten plants to replace climbing roses
Here are ten plants to replace climbing roses removed because of Rose Rosette Disease. I know some rosarians don't think you need …
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: August
Did you ever wonder where the term, the "Dog Days of August" came from? Do you suppose it refers to hot weather and a general …
Stories from the Garden Bloggers Fling: Chickadee Gardens
If your mind is still a blur from all the sensory input even two weeks later, how would you write the stories of the Garden …
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Four B’s to daylily garden zen
You may have noticed a lot of daylily bloom posts on Red Dirt Ramblings this year. For those of you bored by all this hemnut …