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New Blooms For This Year: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day July 2016
Here are three plants that are blooming for the first time in my garden. Purple dragon Pinellia tripartita ‘Atropurpurea’ aka Purple DragonPurple dragon is a relative of Jack-in-the pulpit. I got my...
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New Plants In My Garden: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2016
I am happy to report that our area is no longer “abnormally dry.” It is however, abnormally hot and humid. I have been moving plants in the cooler part of the day and keeping busy in the house the rest...
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Autumn Blooms: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2016
Autumn blooms come in three categories: fall-only bloomers, “summer” annuals, and rebloomers. Because of this, September usually has more blooming plants than August.Cyclamen purpurascens only blooms...
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Frost Is Not The End: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
Frost is not the end, just the beginning of the end We had our first frost on Monday, 26F (~-3C). And another frost this morning, 27F (also ~-3C). We often seem to skip the light frosts altogether and...
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What’s Missing From This Picture?
What’s missing from this picture are the autumn crocuses. They should be blooming now. No, I don’t mean colchicums–they’re done. (And they’re not crocuses!!) I mean bona-fide crocuses that bloom in the...
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Christmas (rose) in January: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 2017
It’s January, and here in the northern reaches of North America we don’t expect to find flowers blooming. And yet one plant in my garden is trying to do just that: Helleborus niger, commonly called the...
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Spring Is Here! Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2017
It’s the most exciting time of year! It’s like Christmas, except instead of tumbling downstairs to see what “Santa” left me under the tree, I’m dashing out the door every day to see what’s blooming in...
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New Plants for the Secret Garden: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2017
The Secret Garden has many plants native to our area, but it doesn’t have some spring ephemerals that grew at our old house, and it’s even lacking some that grow in a wild area further down the street...
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New Peonies! Lovely And Mysterious
Two and a half years ago I acquired a couple of peonies through a members-only sale of my local chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS). You may not realize this, but most rock...
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New Plants Blooming In August
There is a comfort in seeing plants bloom when you expect them to bloom. You sense the rhythm of the seasons that is one of the pleasures of gardening. But if the garden were totally predictable it...
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Good Fall Is Here! Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2017
In my mind there are two kinds of fall: “Good” Fall and “Bad” Fall. Good Fall is what we have now. The leaves on the trees are starting to turn color, temperatures have moderated so that you want to...
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October’s Bounty: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October 2017
What’s that plant? Visitors asked about two plants at my Open Garden. The first one is readily available at garden centers or online. Fire Light® (Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMHPFL’) is a much more colorful...
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The Last of the Hardiest
November started out marvelously with highs in the 50s(F) and one day even hit 66°(19C). The second week the switch flipped and the real November showed up with a vengeance. Most nights have been in...
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How To Have Fragrant Lily-Of-The-Valley In The Middle Of The Winter
Move over, hyacinths. Stand back, amaryllis. It’s time for lily-of-the-valley to take center stage. Yes, lily-of-the-valley!After my hyacinths bulbs rotted last winter and my amaryllis were clearly not...
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On The Verge Of A Thaw In February
A January thaw I expect. A thaw in February–however pleasant–makes me nervous. Last year we had a mild February–and three feet of snow in March. I would much rather have my seasons in chronological...
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Unusual Plants for the Autumn Garden
Who doesn’t love a bargain? You can save a lot of money acquiring plants by growing them from seed or obtaining them as seedlings. Sometimes it’s the only way you can even get the plant, as it’s not...
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Fall Flowers For Cold Climates
Where do people get this silly idea that hardly anything blooms in autumn? I gave my colchicum presentation this week and one attendee remarked that I inspired her to have color in her fall garden....
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Lessons Learned Growing Houseplants
I‘ve been growing houseplants since high school, but I never stop learning new things about them. Take zygocacti (Schlumbergera)–popularly known as Thanksgiving cactus and Christmas cactus. The...
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(Not) Learning From My Mistakes
Let’s start with the successes. The Christmas cactus is blooming better than it has in years.I count twelve blooms on it, which is double–maybe triple–what it had last year. I attribute that to...
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One Way Or Another, I Will Have Flowers
Last month I told you about my failures forcing paperwhites. The first batch, packed into a narrow container that fit on the windowsill, blasted almost all their buds. My hopes were then pinned on the...
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