Autumn crocus The color of fall is gold and orange and yellow and brown and tan, right? Well, someone forgot to tell my garden about this color scheme. Here in my garden, we are enjoying purples …
Be quiet amongst the flowers
Clematis 'Pagoda' Shhh... be quiet amongst the flowers, lest you disturb a sleeping garden fairy. Or frighten a buzzing bee. Or interrupt a chorus of birds. Shhh... if you are quiet enough, You …
Purple and Green
Seems all I can think of these days is silver and gold purple and green. Purple and GreenPurple and GreenEveryone wishes for Purple and GreenHow do you measure its worth?Just by the pleasure it gives …
I never cared about Camellias until…
This is NOT a camellia, it is a rose. I never cared about Camellias until I started reading Eudora Welty's gardening letters (Tell About Night Flowers: Eudora Welty's Gardening Letters, 1940-1949, …
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What is a gilliflower?
Gilliflowers What is a gilliflower? I did not know so I looked it up in Johnson's Gardeners' Dictionary, edited by J. Fraser, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. and A. Hemsley (London: George Routledge & …
Pansies: Gift from the Garden Fairies
According to Alice T. A. Quackenbush, the pansies are a gift to us from the garden fairies. I did wonder about that and suspected that there might be a connection between them. I would guess they are …
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