Crocuses blooming in the lawn spring of 2012 As garden fairies slept under shrubs nearby, I planted 1,100 Crocus corms, specifically several varieties of Crocus tommasinianus, in my back lawn, the …
Thoughts From the Desert
Two flights with a layover in between and I was transported from Indianapolis in the Midwest, where Fall is lowering the temps and changing the leaf color, to Tucson in the Southwest, where it felt …
Dear Hortense answers a question about bulbils
Dear Hortense Hoelove, What is wrong with my lily plant? It has these brownish-black "things" growing in the leaf axils. Is it a disease? Is it large insect frass? What should I do? What spray …
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A Pillywiggin’s Pleasaunce
Pillywiggin's Hideout I am currently fascinated with Pillywiggins, which I just learned about a few days ago from Mary Ann of Gardens of the Wild, Wild West. Pillywiggins are garden fairies …
Allium schubertii captures spring feeling
I've recently discovered a new spring flower that perfectly captures the frazzled feelings of so many gardeners in the spring when... - everything is blooming all at once, - you are purchasing …
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Tulipa ‘Lady Jane’
Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' open If the stars came down from heaven to become flowers in a garden, I think they might become Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane'. Sunday afternoon, when the sun came out …
