hortisma: n 1. a special personal quality or power of a garden making it capable of influencing or inspiring large numbers of people 2. a quality inherent in a garden which inspires great enthusiasm …
Garden Design Update: Garden Gate
I've always liked the idea of entering the vegetable garden via a gate. With a gate, the garden feels more like an enclosure, a sanctuary, a quiet retreat separate from the rest of the yard. I …
Remove it from your garden
Many gardeners have it in their gardens. They may speak often of it. They may speak emphatically of it. They are passionate regarding it. I had it in my garden, many different kinds of …
Garden Design Update: Yard Becomes A Garden
Clematis 'Rooguchi' Over in Ploppers' Field, another small-flowered clematis, Clematis 'Rooguchi' is blooming. It doesn't have as many blooms right now as Clematis 'Pagoda' but it has a charm of its …
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Garden Design Update: Woodland Follies and More
Iris 'Dawn of Change' I have only one old-fashioned tall bearded Iris in my garden. It is growing in a bed on the west side of the house, next to some lilacs, where it has not bloomed for at least ten …
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Wildflower Wednesday: Spring Ephemerals
Deep in the forest, across the creek, there is an area that will soon be underwater, once the trees are cut down and a new dam is built. There is where I looked for some spring ephemerals, flowers …
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