Here's a hosta that deserves the name "August Lily". I have several different hostas in my gardens, as much as my pittance of shade and/or part sun allows. I don't think most of the hostas deserve the …
Freckled Flowers
I once suggested that a theme for a garden might be "freckled flowers" or "flowers with spots on them". We could include many types of lilies, some foxglove, and this lovely canna blooming in a pot on …
Red
"Red sky at morning, sailors take warning,Red sky at night, sailors delight."The sky this morning was red, a foreboding of the rain we had later on. We've been fortunate ALL summer to get rain when we …
Abundance in the Garden
'Maters, yep, I'm starting to pick a lot of tomatoes. That's the way it seems to go. Waiting, waiting, waiting for the first tomato to ripen and then overnight it seems they all have figured out how …
Gardening Tool Week: Flower Break
I took a quick tour of the yard and gardens and a couple of flowers called out for their pictures to be taken because they are doing well, in spite of the heat. On the left, the first gladiolus of the …
Lilies that Surprise Me
I have no idea why they call these lilies pictured here 'candy lilies'. The botanical name is Pardancanda x norrisii, so it is some kind of hybrid, but they come up from seed in my garden year after …