Short's goldenrod is in full bloom in my garden now. I wrote about it years ago, when I first got it, about how it is one of the rarest flowers in the world. Even the Nature Conservancy says so in …
Always Be On The Lookout
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." ~ E. B. White. I went out early yesterday morning and found these colchicum blooms hiding beneath a giant 'Empress Wu' hosta next to a …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – September 2023
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2023. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, summer started with a dry spell and appears to be ending with a dry …
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A Great Midnight Snack
Thank goodness I have 'Midnight Snack' tomatoes growing this summer because without them—and a few other cherry-type tomato varieties—I wouldn't have many homegrown tomatoes to eat. The main reason …
I Used to Have…
Have you ever walked around your garden and thought to yourself, "I used to have fill-in-the-blank-with-missing-plant. Now where is it?" I used to have a variegated toad lily. Now where is it? …
Where Was I?
Where was I? Hints: Beavers make dams there. A heron flies overhead. The Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) was blooming just off a gravel trail. A fallen tree became a nurse log …
