Scenic Nursery | Weblog: Bedding Plant Planting I always enjoy reading Patrick Rogers entries, and this one is now appropriate for Ohio gardens. We are still trying to put in our bedding plants…. between inundations. ‘Bedding plants’ is sort of an old fashioned term bringing on visions of Gertrude Jekyll, and her magnificent plans for […]
Plants
Le Dent de Lion
I saw the first sprinkle of dandelions blooming in my lawn. Of course, I have been well aware of their presence, since their spreading sunburst of leaves have been burgeoning along quite hardily all season. I have already paid my little girl for a couple buckets worth that she has dug from the gardens. Dandelions […]
Tra-la-la. I bought two trees today. They were a special deal at the front of a discount store. Looked decent planted in a plastic pot of promising root size. They are Eastern Redbuds, for the front of the property in proximity to the bronzy leafed crabapples. My previous experience of these was the tree in […]
Emerald Ash Borer
I wanted to comment on the emerald ash borer news, but procrastinated. Apologies. Anyway, I read an article in the paper that reported Ohio was going to implement some drastic measures to eliminate the ash borer that has been located in Northeastern Columbus area and in the Northwestern part of the state. Cut down lots […]
Ritual of Planting Spring Bulbs
I planted my tulips and crocus today, finally. The Triumph tulip that I planted was called ‘Red Lips’. It has a white base with red edges. Sort of the reverse of ‘Merry Widow’ or ‘Lucky Strike’. I have a thing for red and white tulips. I seem to have lost my gusto for planting the […]
Grasses
Grasses I live in what is basically a savannah/grassland area. For me, my biggest weed problem has been invading grass and Canada thistles (and of course the ubiquitous dandelion). So why am I now investigating ? It is a Madison Avenue-type success story. A matter of exposing people to the value and use of certain […]
