Flowering Hanging Planters Bring Unexpected Beauty To Your Home All the info you need to make your own: the pots, the plants, the tips. Hanging planters are so easy to put together, and the baskets here are just stunning. Brighten Up Your Spring … [Read more...] about Flowering Hanging Planters
Plants in Pots
Garden Art- I Mean, Really.
Succulent Garden Art ExhibitMake Your Own ViewThis isn't a new idea- I've seen it showcased at garden shows in the past, but I think it is an example of exceptionally well done succulent planting. An idea taken to a level of an artist playing with … [Read more...] about Garden Art- I Mean, Really.
Summer Containers in Bloom
Took pictures of some of my containers, I especially liked the shady one with salmon impatiens, caladium, ivy and the strawberry begonia.As of today I had to cut back the sunny combination of blue salvia, yellow petunias, African daisies, and million … [Read more...] about Summer Containers in Bloom
Just A Note-05-09
It had rained and then the sun came out. Joanne had noted my garden is mainly shrubs and flowers, which it is, and I wrote back that I was only just getting back into vegetable gardening the past few years after a decade hiatus of fervent food … [Read more...] about Just A Note-05-09
Container Gardening All Year
Can your containers go from summer into fall without too much trouble?You might want to swap out annuals that look too tired for some flowering kale or a small pot of chrysanthemums. Tuck in some gourds or a mini pumpkin like heirloom gardener … [Read more...] about Container Gardening All Year
Memories of June
A few pictures before I go on a short July Fourth hiatus. My overgrown pond area. I let feverfew bloom unhindered and the iris made it through the winter and bloomed beautifully- it surprised me. The waterlilies need division, you can't really … [Read more...] about Memories of June
The Busy Season
That is how I think of this time of year: busy. The rare spring moments of enjoying tender sunny weather, with soft fragrant breezes and the shifting clouds pierced by shafts of light, while bearing the showers that keep ground moist and sprouts … [Read more...] about The Busy Season
Flowering Kale
I couldn't help myself. I was at the former "Wild Oats", now "Whole Foods" store yesterday and there were the last of their flowering kale offerings on sale for 99 ¢ each. You know me by now... if you read this garden journal. I am a frugal … [Read more...] about Flowering Kale
Saturday Was Slave Day OR Ilona’s Terrible Awful No-Good Day
And the slave was me. I worked very hard from quite early in the morning potting up even more containers. I have more sunny flower containers than shady ones, but more part-sun spaces. Oh well. It was so hot, I could only do a little digging and … [Read more...] about Saturday Was Slave Day OR Ilona’s Terrible Awful No-Good Day
Containers That Caught My Eye
The first two pictures were taken @ Innis Garden last year, the third was from Easton Shopping Center.I very much like the choice of one magnificent plant with a graceful container and interesting support. This part of Innis garden is called a … [Read more...] about Containers That Caught My Eye
