I think hyacinths are a bit difficult to place in the spring garden. Their upright racemes just beg you me to plant them like little soldiers all in a row. Indeed, I do have a row of …
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Little bits of sky
Chionodoxa sp. Little bits of sky fell down to my garden and turned into flowers. I love the blue of these small spring blooms which carry the common name of glory-of-the-snow and the genus name of …
Go, go, go. Buzz, buzz, buzz.
We could learn a few things from the bees. They were out in full force on Friday, the first full day of spring. They buzzed from hellebores to crocuses and then from crocus to crocus. I'm sure they …
Blue Pigment
Iris reticulata 'Harmony' "Nothing great is of rapid achievement, it must be remembered, and "to make a garden", wrote a Persian poet, is to paint a living picture with the pigments of the Almighty." …
The Rabbit Holes of Winter
I've recently decided that January is one of my favorite months to think about gardening. There is time in January to relax a bit. The holidays are over. The winds howl and only the …
Amaryllis: From Pinterest to Potted
I was browsing images on Pinterest and came across a picture of some Amaryllis planted in a large container with ivy, pinned by Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild, Wild West. I decided right then and …
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