I've been strolling through my garden, exercising my mind by trying to name the flowers as they bloom. The one picture here I call "Ragged Robin", but its true name is Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite …
Hortense Hoelove Returns to Answer a Question
Dear Hortense Hoelove, I know it's been a while since you published your advice column. I don't know if you stopped because of a lack of questions or if you decided you didn't want to …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2018
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2018. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we went from "where is spring?" to "here is summer". Nearly overnight. We set records …
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If the Garden Bloggers’ Fling was a Movie…
If the Garden Bloggers' Fling in Austin, Texas was a movie, it would win an Oscar for best picture. The "production company" of local Austin bloggers put together a script that included events and …
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Mayapples
I have a little puddle of mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum, growing in my garden. It's the plant with the umbrella shaped leave in the picture. The other plant, with the red bloom, is a …
Garden Fairies Report, Once Again
Garden fairies here, once again. We are garden fairies and we do not like to post so soon after we just posted, but we have something we have to report because it is nothing short of a miracle. Or …
