What can we say? We are here because we love plants. You’re probably here because you love plants. We talk a lot about the plants we love, covet, admire, have watched grow happily in our gardens, tried and failed, the ups and downs of tending our own gardens and visiting others. It’s a happy place here, join us.
It started with an innocent comment on Facebook. I mentioned I’m running out of space in my garden, and with no big projects this year I wasn’t sure where all the plants I'll have to buy this season were going to go. Grace encouraged me to think about planting in...
Tell me I'm not alone. Now that it's all moist and mossy out there, I frequently see moss that stops me in my tracks. There are just so many strange-good variations. I'm pretty sure people think I'm nuts, stooped and closely examining a rock or a spot of bark dust in...
Do you ever look back on your plant crushes from the early years, when you were a beginning gardener? I definitely went through a flower-floosy stage in my mid 20’s. Then there were the anti-color years. I don’t think I’d even heard the romantic notion of an all-white...
There is a folder on my computer, that holds my hopes and dreams. This folder is called Other People's Plants. Is there any plant you want more than the one you can't have? There are far too many reasons you can't have a plant, but my favorite is the...
A couple weeks ago I wrote: “my garden is finally a place where I find myself winter engaged.” Today I thought I'd focus on a few of those plants, the ones that keep me sane through the winter. Key plants that look good, individual things that I can concentrate on. A...
Groundcovers are... The icing on the cake? The bow on the present? The cherry on the sundae? Whatever cliche fits best, they deserve some special attention. Last week I realized how important groundcovers are to pulling together a garden, and I've been looking for...
Funny how once a decision has been made, it becomes so obvious. I've been struggling with the what-to-do-with-the-apple-tree question since we moved to Flamingo Park nine months ago. I wouldn't have chosen this tree or sited it center view from the...
Showtime! Well, not quite yet, but it’s the time of the year I start thinking about them, the annual garden shows. How better to break the spell of winter? I’m lucky to live in region that really does garden shows, not some “home improvement” show where a couple of...
I am a gardener on a mission. This year my garden is in rehab following some bad decisions and bad luck that left it roughed up last year, and I'm feeling like a gardener impostor, moving among all these great gardeners while my yard is a big ol' weedy dust bowl. But...
It might be the first time in history that I didn't stab myself on this Yucca whipplei, but I was determined to snap photos and not sustain injuries--or pull weeds. It's mushy in the garden. Even Pumpkin declined her invitation for a walkabout. Several plants were...