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Colorful Flowers

Why we work so hard in the garden is due to the beauty of colorful flowers. They are a large part of the attraction we have to growing certain plants.

Sweet Plumeria

23.10.21 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Hawaiian Flower Arrangements

About Flowers

Say It With Some Aloha! Are you familiar with the colorful, often fragrant world of tropical blossoms? Have you seen Bird of Paradise blooms outside your window, or plucked a Plumeria blossom from a tree for tucking beside your ear? Whether tropical blooms grown in Hawaii are right outside your front door or a dream…

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29.03.16 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Flowers Of May: Bearded Iris

About Flowers + Garden Perennial Plants

German Iris bloom in late April or throughout May, but you plant them in late March and throughout April.

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27.03.16 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Tip for Blooming Peonies

Garden Perennial Plants + gardening tips

Planting Depth For Peonies . “Plant peonies for a lifetime of spring flowers, but remember not more than three inches below the surface” From Kim, Hypertufagardener If the growing points are too far below the soil surface, it hinders or even prevents the plant from blooming. A general rule is to place the plant about…

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01.01.16 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

How To Grow Lavender For Its Heavenly Scent

Garden Perennial Plants + herbs

Lavender is one of the loveliest members of the herb garden. Learn how to grow it, use it, and appreciate it.

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dark red flower

08.07.15 | Ilona Erwin | 4 Comments

Daylilies Grow On You

About Flowers + Garden Perennial Plants

I just wrote a page about Daylilies, and then saw Kathy Purdy’s post on Facebook with a delightful portrait of  a variety called “Going Bananas”. It got me thinking about what colors of Hemerocallis I like best. Time For Daylilies, on Ilona’s Garden From earliest memory when visiting old fashioned gardens that often had a…

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07.06.14 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Instagram Walk

2014 + Garden Roses

I took a walk in the garden yesterday and shot some photos in the Instagram app. Most of my peonies are on the wane, but caught a pic or two of them along with some old roses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit Ilona’s Garden Journal on facebook: Click here © 2014 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal…

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28.05.14 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Blooming In The Garden

Garden photos + Garden Roses

Finally. Cold weather disappeared and things are blooming. Therese Bugnet I cut these roses down to the ground last fall due to dieback. They are sprouting up and blooming. Rugosa roses are usually very resistant to rose ailments. Except for being a bit chlorotic due to the uneven moisture levels this year, they are doing…

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14.08.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

August Lilies

About Flowers + August + summer

 Lilies are one of the main joys of August, if you ask me. These are not the blooms of the Asian lilies that come earlier in the season, but those lushly fragrant Oriental lilies and the tall spires of Trumpet and Aurelian strains. These are opulent flowers, luxurious in color, form and perfume. If you…

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16.07.13 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

Globe Thistles And Other Nice Looking Xeriscape Plants

About Flowers + Featured + July

The last post was about thistles, since I had been hard at work in the garden getting rid of as many as I possibly could manage, but there are lovely garden flowers that have thistle characteristics without their tendency to elbow everything else out. Long ago, when planting my first garden on Glen Echo (isn’t…

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20.06.13 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Where Should I Plant This Rose?

Day in the life + Garden Roses + June

I know many of you have done this, too, so I don’t feel quite so guilty. So many times I know better, but I can’t resist nature, not of plants or my own at times. We are past the season of planting roses… the heat of summer is coming, but a beautiful rose plant was…

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