Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst' Through my 10 20 30 many seasons of gardening, I’ve come to realize that September is just as important a month in deciding how the garden will look in the …
Garden Design Elements: Seasonal-shift
I find it very confusing to be in a garden where plants are blooming everywhere you look and there is no place to rest your eyes without seeing something else that screams out to be seen or if you do …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners August 30, 2010
Diervilla lonicera Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, In 48 hours, give or take, August will be over and it is on to September. Here in Indianapolis, we will remember this as a …
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A Coleus Knocked On My Door
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Solenostemon scutellarioides. Solenostemon scutellarioides who? Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Crimson Gold’ No joke, those crazy taxonomists renamed the common coleus a …
Three Acronyms To Help You With Bulb Planting
It’s late August and our thoughts turn to buying bulbs to plant this fall for spring flowers next year. With the garden design in progress, an overall busy summer, and a garden so dry that it seems …
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May All Your Weeds Be Wildflowers
“May all your weeds be wildflowers” is a charming sentiment. I hope this is true in my garden. I hope that the weeds that grow and bloom there are pretty enough for someone to say “how lovely” …
