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The safest place for a plant during a drought

July 24, 2012 By Carol Michel 13 Comments

The safest place for a plant during a drought is in a container in a slightly sheltered location that keeps it out of the hot sun. Ideally the location should also be near an outdoor faucet which has a hose hooked up to it so that the gardener can water the  plant the minute it looks like it might need a little drink. In my garden, there are three plants in containers that occupy such a location. I check them daily but I try not to fuss over them.  I know you can kill a plant with … [Read more...] about The safest place for a plant during a drought

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I Am Both Excited and Scared

September 27, 2010 By Carol Michel 17 Comments

Stapelia bud I am both excited and scared. Back in 2008, when I visited Austin, Texas for the first garden bloggers’ get together, Annie in Austin gave me a start of her Stapelia, which she had gotten from her Aunt Phyl. I’m excited to announce that after two years of growing in my sunroom, my blogalong passalong Stapelia from Annie now has six flower buds on it. This Stapelia, which Annie thinks might be Stapelia gigantea, is sometimes called starfish flower because the blooms are … [Read more...] about I Am Both Excited and Scared

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Plants With A Story

August 13, 2009 By Carol Michel 8 Comments

Before this week I had never heard of the Double Japanese Aster, Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis.’, also known as the Oxford Orphanage Plant. But now I want it for my garden and my garden won’t be complete without it.Why?Because I read a new post by Allen Bush on the Human Flower Project blog/website about how the garden designer/writer Elizabeth Lawrence gave him a start of this plant as a passalong plant when he visited her garden in 1982.I love plants with a story behind them.Most plants do … [Read more...] about Plants With A Story

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Set Sail With Me On The Good Ship May Dreams

January 22, 2009 By Carol Michel 23 Comments

Come aboard the good ship May Dreams as we sail off to a desert island which will soon be populated with garden bloggers and their plants from all around, thanks to Shirl and her Desert Island Plant Challenge.We each get to take just three flowering plants to the island.Did you know that botanists estimate there are between 250,000 and 400,000 species of flowering plants? That’s a lot of plants to choose from to take to the island, so I think I’ll limit my choices by choosing only plants I … [Read more...] about Set Sail With Me On The Good Ship May Dreams

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The Society Considers Invasive Plants

June 29, 2008 By Carol Michel 13 Comments

The Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”) has been asked to consider a matter of great importance to all gardeners.The following memo from the President of “the Society”, me, is to the attention of all members and other interested and interesting parties.To All Members and Other Interested and Interesting Parties,Greetings. As President and Secretary of “the Society”, I have been authorized to bring an … [Read more...] about The Society Considers Invasive Plants

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Waltz in the Garden

April 24, 2008 By Carol Michel 29 Comments

Every gardener soon learns how to do the Waltz in the Garden.It begins innocently enough with a trip to the garden center, perhaps just to get a few bags of top soil or a hose end sprayer. We tell ourselves we won’t look at the plants, there’s no time really.Then we arrive at the garden center, perhaps at the same time as a new shipment of plants or maybe just at the time when all the watering has been done and so the plants look fresh, and eager, and oh so pretty.As we scurry through the garden … [Read more...] about Waltz in the Garden

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