Nemophila maculata Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are once again called upon to take over this blog and provide some useful information for the fine readers who come here looking for useful information only to find some of that stuff Carol will sometimes write that we don't think is useful at all. Plus, if we don't post for Wildflower Wednesday to show what we did in the garden, then who will? Indeed. That's what we thought as well, and so here we are. It is has been … [Read more...] about Garden fairies take over for Wildflower Wednesday
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Who opens all those flowers?
Mayapple bud Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and we know the answer to the question "who opens all those flowers?" We do. Yes we garden fairies are responsible for opening every single flower in the garden. And we are near exhaustion at this point because this is spring, our busy season. And it seems we are busier every year as someone keeps planting new flowers. We barely get one flower open before it is time for the next flower to open. Sometimes, we just want to relax, … [Read more...] about Who opens all those flowers?
Garden fairies explain mystery gladiola
Garden fairies here! We are garden fairies and you should have seen the look on Carol's face when she saw this white gladiola growing in the middle of Plopper's Field, the garden border where she just plops plants in wherever there is a bare spot. She looked quite startled when she saw this big glad towering up over some daylilies. Then she looked puzzled and her brow kind of furrowed a little bit. You know why she was all startled, puzzled, furrowed? We are garden fairies … [Read more...] about Garden fairies explain mystery gladiola
Spots on Flowers
Canna showing garden fairy footprints If you do an online search for "spots on flowers", the most common results will lead you to sites telling you about all kinds of plant diseases. Your search may even lead you to sites with information about too much sun causing the flower spots. To the authors of all those sites, I say well, sure, possibly the spots are caused by diseases, but does my spotted flower look diseased? No, it does not. It looks like it has been trampled on by a bunch of … [Read more...] about Spots on Flowers
Guest Post: Garden Fairies do the Helleborus Hop
Garden fairies here! Greetings of the seasons from all the garden fairies here at May Dreams Gardens. You would not believe what has been going on around here. Or rather, you would not believe what has gotten into Carol. We call it the Helleborus Hysterics. When she saw that Helleborus niger 'Josef Lemper' blooming in her garden outside in December she went off on a tear to find out more about these plants and to buy some potted, blooming Helleborus for Christmas. We are garden fairies … [Read more...] about Guest Post: Garden Fairies do the Helleborus Hop
