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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.

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden Perennial Plants, herbs, Plants

You’ll Rue The Day…

Tagged With: growing herbs, herbs, perennial plants

Rue with no view of the flagstone pathEver heard that saying? It might become all too meaningful if you are working on a hot summer day, especially while trimming back the "Herb of Grace" Ruta graveolens, AKA "Rue". The sap from cut or bruised plants … [Read more...] about You’ll Rue The Day…

by Joanne Dibble Filed Under: About Flowers, summer

HOT!!

i have been AWOL as well for awhile. wish i could say it is housecleaning, but living alone does have its merits. i would rather dig a hole than run a vacuum cleaner! my sandy driveway continues its slow migration into the kitchen. visitors and my … [Read more...] about HOT!!

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, About Flowers, Garden blogs, Garden photos

Never enough time…

But we make time for those things we want to. Just sometimes it is response to others applying pressure and all we want is to get that feeling of pressure off! Well, today let's just buck that trend, shall we? Do you need to take a little time to … [Read more...] about Never enough time…

miscanthus grasses

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden design ideas, Garden Perennial Plants

Our Prairie Home

Tagged With: prairie, prairie plants

One of the things I love about garden writers is the way they express the familiar through new eyes. I may not agree completely on their take of it, but it brings me into a new appreciation of something that I might have cataloged and then filed away … [Read more...] about Our Prairie Home

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden Roses

Whetstone Park of Roses

Tagged With: roses, Whetstone Park of Roses

This park is included in my top 10 garden destinations for the Central Ohio area with good reason. Why? Take a look at the collages and let me tell you the story. My parents took me to this park when I was a little child more than fifty years ago … [Read more...] about Whetstone Park of Roses

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden Roses, gardening tips

Expert Rose Advice

While perusing old garden links I came upon this page of rose advice. While spring is a better time for planting roses in this part of the country, advice is welcome at any time, and you might live in a climate where fall planting is fine for roses. … [Read more...] about Expert Rose Advice

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: About Flowers, bulbs, Garden Perennial Plants, July

Arrange the July garden around lilies

Tagged With: flower bulbs, garden design, lilies, perennial border

Every month has it's supreme leading lady flower of the garden; June has the Rose, but July has the Lily. Especially now that the "Orienpets" have been created. They were the belle of several beds at the Inniswood Gardens Metro Park, and I would love … [Read more...] about Arrange the July garden around lilies

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden Roses

Heirloom Roses in June

The Whetstone Park of Roses is a very large rose display. As a park, it is one I have visited all throughout my 56 year lifespan, so I have seen it change and noted the development of it. I don't think I have ever seen it look better than it does … [Read more...] about Heirloom Roses in June

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Day in the life, Garden Roses

Went to the Rose Garden

Tagged With: Whetstone Park of Roses

Just a note: Took a short trip to the Rose garden in town before making the rounds of graduation parties. It was a lovely time in the rose garden, but my camera lost battery power way too soon. I bought an extra on the way home and will take a … [Read more...] about Went to the Rose Garden

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: About Flowers, Plants

Shirley Poppies, Papaver rhoeas

Tagged With: annual flowers, annuals, self-seeded flowers

These are flowers to illustrate fairy tales, and so easy that a child can grow them successfully. In fact, once you plant them, they may just grow on their own happily ever after. They are one of my favorite reseeding annuals. How These … [Read more...] about Shirley Poppies, Papaver rhoeas

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