Random garden-y thoughts... I was going to come up with a clever name for this warm, March-like February - something like "Marchuary" but that sounds too much like mortuary, which reminds me of death …
Wildflower Wednesday Waiting
Jeffersonia diphylla, Will my spring wildflowers emerge earlier than normal, following the lead of the Iris histrioides 'Katharine Hodgkin' now blooming four to five weeks early in my …
News Flash: Winter Teased Spring
Iris histrioides 'Katharine Hodgkin' teased into bloom. MAY DREAMS GARDENS, IN - Winter teased Spring again with sunshine and warm temperatures. In the aftermath, Spring allowed an iris, Iris …
Can you believe this frass?
Photo orig. from The Blogging Nurseryman Can you believe this frass? The Hoosier Gardener, perhaps knowing that I like to use the word frass as my own secret gardener's cuss word, sent me this …
Dear Hortense Hoelove Tells a Legend
Dear Hortense Hoelove, Has anyone every asked you what will happen to spring flowers that start to bloom in February because it has been a mild winter? What if it turns cold again? Will …
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2012
Snowdrops in the snow Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2012. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden, I've been enjoying a mild winter. But I've been enjoying it with one …
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