Once upon a time, Jo Ellen, the Hoosier Gardener, came to see my garden and asked me why I had “caged” my Clematis integrifolia ‘Alba’. She suggested I free it and let it just grow up and around the …
Garden Design Update: Greeting New Plants
We haven’t been formerly introduced yet, this lovely Chamaecyparis and I, but I think once we are, we will get along quite well. I never thought I cared much for Chamaecyparis, as a general rule, …
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More Columbines In My Garden
For the longest time, I’ve wanted a nice yellow columbine in my garden. I saw one at a garden center a few weeks ago and almost bought it, but then I reminded myself that with all the changes I’ve …
A Collection of Double Flowering Columbines
Early May in the garden belongs to the double-flowering columbines. I’m not sure how I ended up with so many of these fancy, frilly flowers, but I did. One of their common names is "Granny's …
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Garden Design Update: Stuff Is Showing Up On My Driveway
Tuesday morning, the garden designer will return to oversee the majority of the installation of the new garden design in the front yard. I will go off to work and when I return, there it will be… new …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners: May 3, 2010
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Is it just me or do the weeks pass more quickly in the spring? Or maybe it feels like last week went fast because this weekend was a repeat of …
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