Siberian irises are one of my favorite garden plants, and they hold a sentimental value as well. Growing up, we had an impressive stand of a deep purple variety that I believe was “Caesar’s Brother” that old centurion of perennial gardens. Beware “Hand-Me-Down” Names For me, they were something out of the Japanese prints my […]
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Hot, Hazy, Lazy August
That is what it is like here, the heat finally made it in conjunction with the thunderstorms, and we are steaming. The grass is growing and I might make it out there early tomorrow to mow ( if it doesn’t rain again) but there is no way I am going to melt away in this […]
Garden Update August 22
It seems a bit soggy here, but we don’t have the heavy rains that they have suffered in other parts of Ohio. Usually, because of the high water table, if we get lots of rain there is ponding, but we are not experiencing that. The weatherman says that because the ground was dry the rain […]
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 […]
Continuing Tour of Innis Gardens
Here are more of the promised photos from the trip to Innis Gardens. As you can see there are quite a few types of gardening styles melded into this space and one part I don’t have any pictures of is the Nature preserve- that is completely another effort of posting and picture taking! It so […]
Busy, busy, but trying to keep out of the heat!
I have been slow to post some of the little essays I had in mind for this site and others..all because I have been upgrading some software for my garden website (Ilona’s Garden ). None of which makes a difference much in what you see on the front side except when it won’t work!!! and […]
