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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Gardening Terms Defined
I'm not sure I can retrace my steps through old gardening books to determine how I arrived at Johnson's Gardeners' Dictionary, but as soon as I read about it in the introduction of another book, I …
