Meanwhile, in Ploppers' Field, Lilium henryi mixes it up with two daylilies. I think the pinkish orange daylily is 'Longstocking' and the purple one is 'Prince of Purple'. I think. Ploppers' Field …
New bloom leads to Milton's Paradise Lost
Triteliea 'Rudy'I can not tell a lie. Not with Triteleia ‘Rudy’ beginning to bloom in my garden.I’ll admit when I first saw Triteleia’s blue and white striped bloom, I did not know what it was, but …
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Star-of-Bethlehem Discovered in Woodland Follies
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- On a quiet afternoon, Ms. Carol M. Indygardener was tending to her garden, mostly marking out new beds in the vegetable garden, when she noticed a pretty, white, almost shiny …
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Horticultural Existentialism
Does a plant exist any less if the gardener doesn't remember buying it or planting it, and can not even name it other than to say, "Pretty orange tulips and those look like daffodils with no …
Dear Hortense Hoelove: Horticultural Senility?
Tulipa humilis 'Eastern Star' Someone left a question for Hortense Hoelove on my Facebook page. Hortense has agreed to answer it. Dear Hortense Hoelove, "How does one overcome a persistent case of …
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Protect the Pollen!
Protect the pollen! I can hear the rallying cry spread from crocus to crocus on these rainy days. Close up! Protect the pollen! By any means, protect the pollen. So how does this happen, this …
