Check out the Community Garden Proposal for Colonel Sam Smith Park. Interesting idea. Can the park sustain one more use? Is this the right place for a community garden? I need to go have a look at the proposed site. In general I like the… Read More
Some of the hostas in our garden are quite big so I thought it was time I divided some of them. Considering how easy it is to get several plants from one big one, it’s surprising how expensive they are at local nurseries. The way… Read More
Regular readers will recall that sometime last year, a lean-to appeared out back. Ok fine, there’s plenty of room back there. I can live with the lean-to. Then the goose moved in. Now a second lean-to has appeared, at the north side of the property.… Read More
AKA Himalayan Cobra Lily. Jack-in-the-pulpit late-spring blooms. Sun to part-shade. We put ours in the big front garden near the front. This can get 4 or 5 feet tall with umbrellas of leaflets. That sounds spectacular. Ours is small but then we just planted it.
That’s a mouthful. I’ll stick to Dragon’s Breath. I think it’s called Dragon’s Breath because of the shape of the leaves. We’ve added a second one in the front gardens this year. It likes regular waterings, can handle part shade, and is otherwise a care-free,… Read More
AKA Black Snakeroot AKA Dwarf Bugbane. It’s a woodland plant that prefers partial shade and moist environments. Late summer they show bottlebrush flowers that start mauve and finish whitish. We have two of these – one has darker leaves than the other. They don’t take… Read More
We have one specimen of Phytolacca americana, from Lost Horizons. It’s in the front garden near the porch. This plant has a number of alias’, such as: Virginia poke, American nightshade, cancer jalap, coakum, garget, inkberry, pigeon berry, pocan, pokeroot, pokeweed, pokeberry, redweed, scoke, red… Read More
We’ve had ‘Rozanne’ growing in the front garden for a while and this season we’ve added it to two more areas. It blooms freely, has a billowy appearance and spreads nicely on a border. This is a low maintenance beautiful plant and it loves the… Read More
Meadow Sage ‘Caradonna’ (Salvia nemorosa). The helpful label tells me: One of the least demanding, most satisfying perennials in the garden. Oh yes, yes, yes, this is a plant for me. Into the canoe garden with it. The purple blooms look great behind the bright… Read More
Great band name: Moonbeam Tickseed and the Rhythm Aces. Nope. It’s Coreopsis verticillata. We have some in the canoe garden. The seeds are apparently sterile but the plants can be divided after a couple years if they last. Had I researched instead of buying on… Read More
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