Steve Bender from the Grumpy Gardener issued the challenge, and I accepted the gauntlet where it lay. Which six plants in my …
Dear Friends and Gardeners, Week Seven
Dear Carol and Mary Ann, My letter is a tad late this week. This Red Dirt family had much too much going on over the weekend. …
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Which Roses Best Weathered the Late Freeze?
Today, my garden is a test garden. Every since last week's late freeze, our temps have been up and down with no moisture except …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, Week Four
For those of you just joining us, we're so glad you came to visit. Each week, I, along with Carol of May Dreams Gardens and Mary …
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Celebrating the past, old garden roses and antiques with Mike Shoup
"Old garden roses have a lot of nuances of fragrance and diversity of form. This gives you, the artist and gardener, a palette …
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Taking on ‘New Dawn’
It began innocently enough. I was out in the lower garden trying to find a spot or two to incorporate the spring vegetables. HH …
I’m Doing a Happy Dance
What better mid-winter garden news could we Oklahomans get? Mike Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium is coming to speak in Tulsa …
2008: A Year in Posts: Part II
Like I wrote in Part I, May and June were all about the roses and the daylilies. The garden behind my house is a very traditional …
A Look at 2008 in Posts, Part I
Kind of like Time Magazine's "Year in Pictures" only with a lot less funding. It is traditional to reflect upon the year nearly …
Make No Mistake, Fighting blackspot is a pain in the . . . .
Patootie. In her comment on my last rose post, Kerri from Colors of the Garden asked how I combat blackspot. The answer is …
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Roses, Roses and More Roses
With this post, I hope to clarify a couple of things. Although I said I grow ninety roses, I don't own ninety different …
Falling in Love Again
This month, at Gardening Gone Wild, the subject is roses. Roses, those beauties of the herbaceous garden, those thorny queens …