Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Clematis 'Rooguchi', planted several years ago Here it is, just a week into June, and I've planted out every plant I bought this spring, plus the plants I received to trial, plus some plants I got to …
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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 …
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Not houseplants, just cut flowers from my garden I am sending my houseplants to Club Hort for the summer. Normally, they stay in the sunroom and never leave for anything. But not this year. This …
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The minute I saw it, I wanted it to follow me home and come live in my garden, forever. And so I gave the guy who made it a little something called cash, and the bird followed me home. Or rather, I …
Mayapple bud, viewed at garden fairy angle. I've been wandering around the garden this spring looking around to see if all the plants I planted last year, and all the years before last year, are all …
Camellias! As hardy as I could find. I blame the writer Eudora Welty for my recent purchase of camellias (Camellia japonica) for my garden. A while back, I read Tell About Night Flowers: Eudora …
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