Looking for a way to light up your garden in the evening? The White Cleome is your answer. The cleome comes in many colors, and I have planted this flower for all of my gardening years; but I fell in love with the white variety because of its ability to help light up the garden at… Continue reading The White Cleome
What is bright yellow, cheerful, edible and can detoxify your liver? Yes, the little old dandelion. Last spring I watched my then 17-month-old son pick up one of those fuzzy seed pods from the dandelion and blow again and again, having such a joyful ball! Then I watched my daughters make dandelion crowns. Later that… Continue reading In Defense of Dandelions
One of my garden’s big success stories this past summer was dinner-plate dahlias. I have tried to grow a variety of dahlias for years with little to moderate success, but for 2009, I tried a different growing approach and I enjoyed a bumper crop! Dinner-plate dahlias definitely won most improved flower of the summer. In… Continue reading Dinner Plate Dahlias
What looks good in the garden in November? Grasses! This is the 2nd week of November and the zinnias are long-gone; the last of the hosta leaves have been raked away; most of the perennials have died back and gone dormant for the winter; and the last of the lily bulbs’ stalks have been cut back. … Continue reading Ornamental Grasses
Stretching Your Garden Dollar . . . Four things you can do now to stretch your garden dollar are divide mature perennials; take cuttings to root before the first killing frost, which looks like this Sunday; bring outdoor plants inside for the winter before the first killing frost; and collect seeds. Dividing Perennials This is a… Continue reading Stretching Your Garden Dollar
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