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 […]
July
Canadian Thistles, Are They the Bane of your Garden?
I don’t know anyone who says they like this plant. We all call it a weed, and doggedly work to eradicate it from our yards. That has been one of my occupations of late, and I find there is something of an art to ridding the garden of Cirsium arvense, as horticultural Latin nomenclature labels […]
My Ohio Garden Resumes The Usual Summer Program
Fennel takes drought well After the very remarkable weather we’ve had this summer, from damaging storms through wearying drought, the recent spate of rainstorms has brought something of normalcy to this Central Ohio garden. In fact, it is almost something of an ideal for this time of year, with cooler mornings, bright sunshine, blue skies- […]
Mid July Chores
It finally heated up and this is what we expect in July: hot muggy weather. It is time to keep up with the weeds, hoeing them out in the morning means that the hot sun is killing the weeds and not you. Afternoons are made for sipping lemonade in the shade of a tree. Look […]
Color Harmony: July Pink
I usually attach a color idea of orange and yellow to July, maybe because of the bright light, or the fact that many flowers in those hues are in full bloom in this month. But pink is still a garden color that while warming towards salmon in many of July’s bloom choices helps to cool […]
Arrange the July garden around lilies
Every month has it’s supreme leading lady flower of the garden; June has the Rose, but July has the Lily. Especially now. Breeders have created the “Orienpets”, and they were the belle of several beds at the Inniswood Gardens Metro Park. I would love to have some in my garden next year. “Orania” was the […]
