This Allium 'Millenium' will always remind me of our next-door neighbors when I was a kid. Not because they grew this particular variety of Allium—it was introduced in 1990, long after I'd left …
The Garden’s Most Photographed Flower
Step right up, dear readers, and you will see the garden's most photographed flower. The current record holder—and yes I readily admit my record-keeping in this matter is lax to the max—is a …
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Peonies, in July
It worked! I picked peonies in the bud stage way back in May, stripped off the leaves, wrapped them individually in plastic wrap, then put them in the back of the refrigerator. I peeked at them a …
You say Penny, I say…
You say "penny", I say "pee-o-nee" and some people say "piney." But everyone says pretty! Everyone! There is no way any sane person could look at my new 'Bartzella' ITOH peony and not be blown over …
The Christmas Rose
With my magical gardening powers, I've made a flower bloom in December, in my garden, where we've had snow and cold and some occasional sun. Dear Reader, you too can have these magical gardening …
I was all “tough gardener” until…
I was all "tough gardener" this morning heading out to my garden to do some weeding and deadheading. I wasn't going to show any mercy as I began to pull out and cut back in Plopper's Field, my …
