Survivors, the strong ones, the pioneers, the natives . . . am I speaking of people or plants? The same rules apply. You gotta be …
Care and feeding of daylilies
Daylilies and roses are two of my garden passions. Of these two, daylilies are more reliable and give more bang for the buck in my …
Daylilies for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, June 15, 2012
Daylilies, beautiful daylilies--what else could I take photos of for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day? Okay, a rose or two perhaps. GBBD …
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Summer of our joy
Color me beautiful. That's what my garden would say if you could see her. The summer of 2012 is whispering with soft winds instead …
Inspiration lies everywhere
I travel to other gardens every time I get the chance, and there's a method to my madness. At the first Garden2Blog, I came back …
Bumble on Baptisia and other false indigos
Caught this bumblebee taking in the sights and nectar of Baptisia sphaerocarpa in my garden. Nature never ceases to amaze me, but …
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It’s beautiful ’round here
Oh, how I wish you could visit this spring. We could stroll through my garden with clippers in hand, and I would cut you a …
A cottage in the woods with roses for me?
Once, I saved dish towels and aprons in a hope chest and fantasized about my future home. Nothing fancy. Instead, it was always a …
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Don’t hate me simply because I’m English cottage style
If my garden could talk, she'd probably say, "Don't hate me because I'm English cottage garden style." Unlike the woman at the …
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Easy-to-grow plants for the middle south
In between rain showers and sky-pounding thunder, I went out to explore and take some photographs. There is nothing prettier than …
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The bulb parade through another’s eyes
Helen Weis, a landscape designer who is my awesome friend, came over yesterday to bring me more Back to Nature compost. She and I …
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Tell me why . . .
More people don't plant hellebores? I can't imagine a spring without hellebores. They cheer me by blooming early and laughing …