I know I go on and on about hydrangeas, and particularly Limelight, but I simply can’t help myself. I mean look at how many petals are simply packed into this flower. And the blooms on my older Limelight are enormous! Of course all I have for scale is my hand, so here’s a picture of me feeling up my ...
There are so many garden chores that escaped me earlier this season since I was busy basically redoing our entire backyard (including this path and these walls) so one of the many things that needed attending to was some plant moving. Sadly it seems like the worst of the heat is behind us (90 degrees? I’ll take it. PLEASE.) so ...
One of my favorite parts of being part of Proven Winners testing program is that I have the opportunity to grow plants I might not otherwise pick up. I’ll admit that when I pulled Superbena ‘Royale Peachy Keen’ out of the box I had flashbacks to my teenage bedroom, decorated in the latest hot colors of peach and forest green ...
Since I’ve missed every single one of these so far this season, I thought I better hurry up and participate in one before there are no flowers blooming. So last night I set down my gin and tonic and snapped a few pictures of what’s happening the garden now. As always, thank you to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for ...
I’m sure we all have them: Those plants that the rest of the world finds innocuous or maybe even loves, but we can’t stand. I have a short list of plants that fall into that category and it always sort of surprises me that I carry such a grudge against these plants, especially when I see them in someone else’s ...
I’ve been so excited about the garden tour I had planned for the weekend. An expansive garden, just minutes from my house, was open as part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program. The 120-acre property known as Afterglow Farm was established in 1929 by the Uihlein (pronounced Eee-line) family. (You can read more about the garden in this great article ...
I come from a long line of ink-stained wretches so it should come as no surprise that I love magazines and newspapers—the kind you can hold and fold and read at the beach without some sort of specialized case (and trust me, I’m a gadget girl too. I haven’t met a product that Steve Jobs had a hand in that ...
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