Carol J. Michel - Author and Gardener
Award winner author of gardening humor books
Great White Trilliums have been blooming in my garden for the last week or so. This lovely native wildflower goes by the name Trillium grandiflorum, which is easy to remember because these are …
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I went out to the garden today and walked around a bit, shivering on what is hopefully the last really cold day of early spring. Thankfully, the sun was shining or that 39º Fahrenheit would …
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Which witchhazel do you have? Which hazel? Like the maid on the old television comedy Hazel? No. Witchhazel. That's what I asked. Which hazel? The spring one. Oh, the spring one. Does she …
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A little fleabane in the garden never hurt anything or anybody, and it's good for the pollinators. Fleabane, Erigeron sp. is a native wildflower that just shows up here and there in my garden …
My late summer-autumn blooming border is coming along nicely as we round the corner and head straight to the end of August. I affectionately call this particular border August Dreams Garden because …
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Little Joe Pye Weed is beginning to bloom in the August Dreams Garden border, just in time for Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at Clay and Limestone. Little Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium dubium …
