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, …
Planting a Lilac for Lincoln’s Birthday Bicentennial
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, and I’m commemorating this event in a special way.Last spring I purchased a new lilac, Syringa vulgaris …
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In The Fall, Red Rules in My Garden
Do you plan for fall color in your garden?I have so much red in my garden right now, that I'm going to claim I planned it that way! Who would know otherwise?Forget that I don't really like red …
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Other Colors Revealed
Botanists tell us that the fall leaf colors, those yellows, oranges, and reds, are in the leaves from the beginning but are masked by the green of chlorophyll for the duration of the growing …
The Answer is Roses!
I have a problem in my garden and I think that roses are the answer.This may surprise some people who know me and my garden because currently I have only two roses.One is this white rose, a Flower …
Crape Myrtles in Indiana!
How will southern gardeners react when they find out that we can grow Crape Myrtles here in Indiana?I expect some might say, “No fair, you’ve already got lilacs!”Others might say, “Good, you can have …