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 “secret garden”, made to look like and old ruin and tucked away […]
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.
Once Upon A Time: the lavender walk
Tags: lavender, garden path | Pages: State of the Garden: the lavender hedge
Weekend Garden Report
This last weekend was lovely, although it threatens rain today. I started making my rounds to all the local nursery haunts to buy my plants for the season. So far I bought some to make up my containers: vining plants such as variegated ivy, a purple leaved Ipomoea batatas ( sweet potato ), some dark […]
Pelargoniums- or “geraniums” to you
I have a long standing love affair with Geraniums. And I know I am not alone. They are eye-catching and easy to grow; available almost everywhere with reasonable prices. The flowers we commonly call geraniums are actually Pelargoniums by name, but we stubbornly continue to call them what we want to, and that is how they […]
Making New Plants: Lavender
This post is for Kim, aka Black Swamp Girl, blogging @ “A Study in Contrasts” who, by the way, has some of the loveliest photography- I am green with envy over that! Not so good way to be green;). She indicated an interest in the how-to of making starts of lavender. There is the “best […]
The Last of August Blooming
August is fading, it’s farewell lost on whispering wind while the Labor Day weekend is flashed on the screen of our minds. People are busy with their new school years and have already said their goodbyes to summer, the last of August is simply a tags end sale of afterthoughts. But there are blooms and […]
