I've been strolling through my garden, exercising my mind by trying to name the flowers as they bloom. The one picture here I call "Ragged Robin", but its true name is Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Petite …
Hortense Hoelove Returns to Answer a Question
Dear Hortense Hoelove, I know it's been a while since you published your advice column. I don't know if you stopped because of a lack of questions or if you decided you didn't want to …
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Garden Fairies Report, Once Again
Garden fairies here, once again. We are garden fairies and we do not like to post so soon after we just posted, but we have something we have to report because it is nothing short of a miracle. Or …
Garden Fairies Share Upsetting News
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have some upsetting news to share with the good readers of this blog. Please be sitting down and perhaps holding on to a little stuffed animal or a …
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What once was lost has now been found
I like to start out my blog posts with a pretty picture, even if the picture doesn't relate to the blog post topic. Today's pretty picture is of my trout lilies. Sorry about the full sun exposure, …
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The Garden Questions of Spring
It's spring in the garden and I am wondering around asking all kinds of questions. Some of the questions have easy, fun, life-affirming answers. Will the Magnolia 'Butteflies' tree I planted last …
