Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Digitalis grandiflora Dear Hortense, Do you have foxglove growing in your garden? I have large yellow-flowered foxglove, Digitalis grandiflora, growing in my garden. It's right in the middle …
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There's magic in a clover lawn. You can carefully pick the flowers and tie them together to create a tiara fit for a queen and then you are suddenly the Queen of the Garden. And all the garden …
Nemophila maculata Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are once again called upon to take over this blog and provide some useful information for the fine readers who come here looking …
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A double-flowering mock orange, Philadelphus 'Buckley's Quill' has defied the odds and continues to grow in my garden In my garden, the double-flowering mock orange is hidden behind some other …
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Not houseplants, just cut flowers from my garden I am sending my houseplants to Club Hort for the summer. Normally, they stay in the sunroom and never leave for anything. But not this year. This …
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How do you plant a tomato plant? You start off with a lovely tomato plant, maybe one you grew yourself from seed or one you bought at a local greenhouse where they grew it from seed. You pick a …
