I grow the herbaceous type of peony, both the types with single and double blooms. I love their fragrance and the delicate satin texture of their petals. They have good looking foliage on round bush-like plants, and for lots of people they say “Spring has truly arrived”. Their blooms are so full and opulent, alone […]
September
Rural Observations, Mid September
Well, the golden waves of grain are now golden piles of corn being poured from the harvesters into the bins and off to the silos. Huge trucks with arched covers, telltale spills of grain on the road, and bare fields of chaff- not yet plowed, are September’s story. The dried cornstalks of fields yet unharvested […]
Chill in the Air
It has gotten quite cool all of a sudden here, the chill of fall has arrived, no mistaking. Last night there were areas in the 30’s. This is typical September weather. I can remember, as a girl, walking to school with my new sweater in the morning and feeling too warm for it walking home […]
When Should I Divide Daylilies?
Multiply Your Daylilies Early fall, in the months of September and October are excellent times to divide your daylily plants. Hemerocallis, the official Latin name for this tough, but beautiful perennial, may also be divided in early spring. But I favor fall planting, since they bloom from early to mid summer. Dividing daylilies is the […]
I Love September
September is a marvelous time in Ohio, usually. But be warned when I say that- I am one of those people who like the occasional gray and softly raining day! Such is the weather today… So I missed the lovely cool and sunny gardening weather over the weekend. I went out of town with my […]
landscape choices
I thought I would use this blog like a real journal, thinking things out on paper. The climate factors for the plants I need around the septic tank: partial sun; full force West/SW winds; droughty conditions in summer; somewhat alkaline ph; viewed year round and conspicuous. I want some low evergreen and a deciduous, perhaps […]
