This Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, you get two, two for the price of one. I'm still working on the book, and I'm too tired to think …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day July 2013
It's a soggy Bloom Day here in Oklahoma. I can't believe I just wrote those words. The last three years have been nothing but …
Color in the garden can change your life
There was a time when I feared vibrant color. Although I painted during college, I worried about adding color accents to my …
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Growing dahlias and other summer bulbs in Oklahoma
This week I picked out several dahlias for my garden. Summer bulbs and corms don't get the kind of press that fall-planted ones …
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The bold and the beautiful
Heady with their beauty, these plants are proud to proclaim it loud and clear. Our climate is changing, and instead of sporting …
Crapemyrtles shine in the summer landscape
If the rose is the undisputed queen of the garden, then crapemyrtles are her knights in shining armor, for when summer temperature …
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Southern sand bur season is here
The grass is crunchy. Fires abound, and leaves are falling from the trees. Walking to get the mail at the end of the driveway has …
Wildflower Wednesday: Helianthus salicifolius ‘Table Mountain’
A couple of years ago, about this time in summer, on a rack way in the back of my local nursery, I found an interesting plant. It …
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My bees are back
And they brought lots of their rowdy friends. I may not have as many bees as last year, but they have returned lured by the …
Just some pretties for Monday
Since it's a Monday, and we've all gone back to work, I thought I'd show you some of my favorite flowers blooming today. Maybe …
Silent summer
As soon as the sun rises, I wander the paths of my garden. Gravel crunches under my sandles. Small green frogs and toads jump …
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 …