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Morel Mushrooms, In My Garden

April 25, 2022 By Carol 3 Comments

This is the absolute truth. I was out weeding in the garden on Saturday and discovered a morel mushroom growing near the base of... ... I just remembered a good morel mushroom hunter never reveals the exact location where they find mushrooms. I'm not a good morel mushroom hunger. I'm going to tell you all where I found this one because I trust you not to go tromping through my garden looking for more morel mushrooms. And I'm open to theories about how this came to be in my … [Read more...] about Morel Mushrooms, In My Garden

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Solomon’s Seal for Wildflower Wednesday

April 22, 2020 By Carol Michel 5 Comments

I like digging into the topics that Dee Nash and I discuss on our weekly podcast episodes of The Gardenangelists. Last week, we decided our flower would be Solomon's Seal. Great! A native wildflower! Perfect! Well, not so fast. I did a little checking and found that indeed, there is a native Solomon's Seal,  Polygonatum biflorum,  which is usually found in wooded areas in the Eastern United States. I bet I saw it once or twice when I was a kid and we'd go to a woods to hunt … [Read more...] about Solomon’s Seal for Wildflower Wednesday

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In Search of Violets

March 20, 2020 By Carol Michel 4 Comments

There, my friends, are the first violets blooming at May Dreams Gardens this season. They are growing approximately six inches from the foundation on the west side of the house, a spot I assume warms up a tiny bit sooner than other spots in the garden. I am not sure about the variety, but I think these are what is left of some remnants of Viola mandshurica 'Fuji Dawn' which I grew from seeds 20 plus years ago. Normally, 'Fuji Dawn' has variegated leaves, but as we all know, sometimes the … [Read more...] about In Search of Violets

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Amsonia: Gird your loins

June 27, 2019 By Carol Michel 5 Comments

There are some garden tasks that require you to prepare yourself physically and mentally, to gird your loins. One of those tasks in my garden is cutting back Amsonia tabernaemontana, Bluestar, after it has flowered and formed seed pods. Those seed pods! They must be removed at any cost or my entire garden would be Amsonia. I do not want those seeds to ripen, fall to the ground, and germinate. The Amsonia seedlings, which don't look all that big, have roots that rival those of nearly any other … [Read more...] about Amsonia: Gird your loins

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Mayapples

May 3, 2018 By Carol Michel 6 Comments

I have a little puddle of mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum, growing in my garden.  It's the plant with the umbrella shaped leave in the picture.  The other plant, with the red bloom, is a Trillium. Both plants were rescued from a wooded area that was going to be dammed up to form a lake. Otherwise, I would have never dug them up and brought them to my garden. I wanted the mayapples, especially, because they remind me of going mushroom hunting with my siblings and my dad when we were … [Read more...] about Mayapples

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