Poinsettias at the White River Gardens, Indianapolis. No painted plants there, thank goodness!Green Thumb SundayJoin …
Hide the Bell in the Christmas Tree
Gather around all, I’m going to tell you the story of the Christmas bell, even though it doesn’t directly (or even indirectly) relate all that much to gardening.Once upon a time, in the 1960’s, when …
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Rescue the Amaryllis – We Will Need a Plan
The other day while out shopping, I ran across a shelf of amaryllis bulbs marked 25% off. These were those amaryllis bulbs that are packaged in boxes made of felt, which I assume was meant to provide …
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Green Thumb Sunday – First Holiday Bloom
Green Thumb SundayJoinFirst bloom on the Paperwhites (Narcissus). The bulbs were planted on November 11th in a bed of gravel. …
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Please Don’t Water the Poinsettias
Buds, we have flower buds here at May Dreams Gardens. Some of the narcissus and all of the amaryllis are in full bud. And, the Zygopetalum orchid has big fat buds on one large flower spike, and the …
Green Fingers
I don’t like TV shows or movies that are ‘purposefully’ scary and I’ll admit it. Growing up, I avoided watching shows like ‘The Twilight Zone’ and definitely tried to avoid movies like Halloween, …
