Every gardener has them, or should I say, doesn’t have them any more. Those plants purchased with great excitement and eager anticipation, the “must have” plants that once enticed and entranced the …
Chippers Don’t Like Dogbane
Blue Star Dogbane blooming last May 5th in my garden. The high temperature on that day was 67 degrees. I bet we got close to that temperature today. We’ve been enjoying unseasonably warm and mild days …
Repeat Bloom From the Violets
I noticed the other day that some of the violets were blooming again. How nice! I always like it when spring flowering plants provide a few repeat blooms in the fall.I love violets in the garden. …
Mums and Cold Saturday Mornings
A few mums around my garden and neighborhood.I refuse to call them by their new botanical name Dendranthema.And now, I'd better get to my garden chores, as I think of this quote from The Essential …
When the Toad Lily Blooms
When the toad lily blooms, I assume it’s all over for the season. This is the last “new” bloom in the garden for the year. I started these toad lilies (Tricyrtis hirta) from seed, but occasionally I …
Aster Mystery Cleared Up
I could not figure out how my aunt got starts of these asters from my Dad, when I could not remember my Dad ever having these in our yard when I was growing up. I was bothered that I could not …
