My garden is singing the blues.From these tiny blooms on Brunnera macrophylla, False Forget-me-not, to the comparately large iris flower which was labeled simply Iris 'Variegated', I have blue flowers …
Through The Garden Gate: A Simpler Time
To pass through the garden gate, I must pass by my peonies in bloom.The peonies remind me of a simpler time, when all I knew of “pennies” was that they grew in a bed on the garage side of our house. …
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Black Barlow Blooms: A Guest Post
Hi, Everyone. It’s me again Aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’.I just wanted to thank everyone for their concern after I was recently attacked by the columbine sawfly larvae.Gosh, that was scary, but Carol took …
Mother’s Day Blooms In My Garden
Three blooms for Mother’s Day at May Dreams Gardens...Lilacs Yesterday at the garden center, I overheard someone tell the cashier that they were out of common lilac. My first thought was “Good, …
Guest Post From A Columbine: Sawfly Larvae Troubles
Hi, Readers! Black Barlow’s my name and Columbine is my game. I’m from the Aquilegia clan and I live her at May Dreams Gardens, up by the house, just to the left of the water spigot.I don’t know how I …
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The Society Meets Again: What’s In A Name and Dwarf Bearded Irises
Greetings to all members of the Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Old-Time Gardening Wisdom, Lore, and Superstition (SPPOTGWLS or “the Society”)Welcome to this special meeting of the …
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