Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Life in a Perennial BorderA One Act PlayByCarol M. Cast of Characters Coneflower ...............Echinacea purpurea Aster ....................... Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Perennial Sweet Pea …
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Meanwhile, in Ploppers' Field, Lilium henryi mixes it up with two daylilies. I think the pinkish orange daylily is 'Longstocking' and the purple one is 'Prince of Purple'. I think. Ploppers' Field …
What kind of gardener are you? Find out by taking the "Plant Spacing Personality Quiz". Look at the picture of these two plants and answer this question: "Are these two plants planted too close …
Anticipating... a fabulous candelabra of blooms on this lily, any day now. Waiting... for a thunderstorm to roll through, any time now. Hoping... that the lily withstands the wind and rain and stays …
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Clematis 'Pagoda'. It speaks softly, "Slow down and notice the details of the garden." It whispers, "Pause and admire me." No shouting, chortling or guffaws from this little flower. Sweet. …
Bleeding heart... a sweet, romantic, old-fashioned flower. For many gardeners, this may have been one of the first flowers that they learned the botanical name for. Dicentra spectabilis. An …
