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Report From PIA – May 21 I did a landscape consultation today for a couple who was conflicted between themselves about how much to change. One member of this union wanted it all to stay the same forever and ever, and the other wanted to make changes and lots of them. Part of the conflict [...]
Report From PIA – May 20 Yesterday we picked the first salad greens from this season’s vegetable garden. Out the front door (our vegetable garden is in the front of our house) and up a few steps, and twenty feet later you are standing next to the garlic and lettuce plants. Ten minutes later those [...]
Report From PIA – May 19 There are moon gardens with all white flowers, pizza gardens containing tomatoes, oregano, garlic and basil and gardens with plants that are mentioned in the bible. Some love gardens of only herbs, or collections of just one genus such as Hosta. I’m working on a fragrance garden at Poison [...]
Report From PIA – May 18 There are some plants that make me hum the Popular song from Wicked… perfectly wonderful plants that need Endless Summer’s PR agency, or a roommate like Glinda to say “I’ve decided to make you my new project.” Chrysogonum virginianum, for example. I planted it in my rain garden, and [...]
Report From PIA – May 17 As I watered pots of perennials at the garden center today, I noticed a woman who was loading her cart with pots of blooming plants. “What does well in shade and has pink flowers?” she called to me. “Astilbes,” I answered. “Don’t tell me names,” she replied, “they mean [...]
Report From PIA – May 16th Sometimes it’s the simple views that bring pleasure. The combination of two plants whose colors blend so perfectly, for example. Or when a random grouping of plants and objects happen to catch our eye and steal our heart. Such it was today when I passed by the stone table [...]
Report From PIA – May 15 It was a long day, but I was blessed to come home to my garden. After hosting GardenLine and working at the garden center, I was very tired when I pulled in the driveway at 5 PM. But a stroll around Poison Ivy Acres, setting up a sprinkler here, [...]
Report From PIA – May 14 One of the things I love about this time of year is discovering new plants. Every spring I come across new varieties in the garden center, online, or in magazines and catalogs. “Ohh… who are you?” I think when I see something unfamiliar. I had that reaction today as [...]
Report From PIA – May 13 At the garden center on Wednesday there were several customers with Plant Problems. One woman brought in an envelope of spotted, yellow American holly leaves, and a man came up to me holding a peony stem that terminated in tiny, black buds instead of developing flowers. Then there was [...]
Report From PIA – May 12 Yes, these three things are linked. When I was at the garden center today, a customer came in who was very concerned that there were “bugs on the peonies.” After some discussion, we determined that these were probably ants. These insects feed on the sugar-rich plant juices that peony [...]
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