How much fun is it to say Banana Canna. Right up there with Sambucus. This post has nothing to do with Sambucus--aside from the delight in saying its name. Sambucus was my first deliberate Latin plant name utterance. Megan taught me when she urged me to buy a...
My birthday is the Ides of March. So perchance you'll forgive my proclivity to ignore warnings. Have you ever fallen head over heels with a plant despite other gardeners' cautions? Tis indeed the case with Fen's Ruby Cypress Spurge. I've got it bad for this little...
I bet I don't need to tell you, there are so many delights in the garden, it's hard to know which way to run. This greeted me when I opened the bedroom blinds yesterday morning. A dwarf Magnolia grandiflora loaded with blooms. It was here when we moved in, and I'm...