Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant, Silphium perfoliatum, bloomed one day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day so I didn't include it in my last post. This particular native flower is often called Cup …
Overheard in a garden
If you are very quiet in a garden and stand quite still, you can hear the flowers talking to one another. Listen in to the conversation overheard in the August Dreams Garden border on a still, early …
Summer wanes and fall waxes
August Dreams Border in bloom in early September There's still many a grand display left in this garden, even as summer wanes and fall waxes. Here Solidago shortti, 'Solar Cascade' blooms with …
Surprise Lilies and Surprise Announcements
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we have taken it upon ourselves to wipe out everything Carol just wrote about the surprise lilies, Lycoris squamigera, because it was all so …
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Plopper’s Field
In Plopper's Field, the little fairy bower vine, Clematis x triternata 'Rubromarginata' weaves its way through the branches and stems of all the other plants. It's white and purple blooms seem to hang …
Two flowers showed up in a garden
Rising up above the foliage of the late blooming perennials of the August Dreams Garden border, two flowers showed up in the garden. The two blooms of Dense Blazing Star, Liatris spicata, looked as …
