Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Short's Goldenrod, Solidago shortii, is now blooming in my garden. Many people looking at it might say "so what", perhaps stifle a yawn and wonder why this is such a big deal. One bloom spike. …
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I have several "Hairy Alumroot" plants in my garden. But I like to call them "Heuchera" as in "Hew-ker-ah" because Hairy Alumroot sounds like, well, who names a plant after its root characteristics …
I have two varieties of betony, Stachys officinalis, in my garden. There is 'Hummelo', which has finished blooming now, or pretty much so. Then there is 'Nana', growing in a little miniature garden …
Monarda ‘Petite Delight’ has a few things to get off her petals. Management at May Dreams Gardens is not responsible for nor necessarily agrees with the statements and opinions of this plant. “Hello… …
Some of the plants in my garden are, shall we say, poorly behaved, actually thuggish in some cases. I wonder at times why I haven’t pulled them out by their roots and tossed them to their greater …
"Splayed" is not a term I like to use to describe a plant in my garden. It implies that either that plant has a poor habit of floppy its branches out from the center -or- that I am a lazy …
