Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Iris histrioides 'Katharine Hodgkin' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2013. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I am once again caught up in that epic …
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Find your passion and you will find the time. You'll find the time to read about it and learn as much as possible. You'll find the time to seek out others who share your same passion. You'll find …
Who? Who? Who? Who is going to the Indiana Flower & Patio Show or your own local outdoor living - flower - garden show? 'Tis the season for various shows like this to pop up across the …
Hello, Carol Hi Dr. Hortfreud. I'm here for my Spring Readiness Assessment. Good. Let's begin. I'll ask you some simple questions and you give me the first answer you think of. …
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Gilliflowers What is a gilliflower? I did not know so I looked it up in Johnson's Gardeners' Dictionary, edited by J. Fraser, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. and A. Hemsley (London: George Routledge & …
Clematis 'Pagoda' "Specialising in a hobby of any kind greatly increases its interest, and in the culture of flowers it is desirable to devote oneself more especially to one or two groups of plants, …
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