Jan 15, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – January 15 I volunteered to provide this week’s flowers for the front of the church this morning, so as usual I stopped by the supermarket to pick something up. None of the cut flowers called to me. It seemed too early for tulips,...
Jan 5, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – January 5 I went into the garden center today and was greeted by a new group of Anthuriums in the greenhouse. Wow. They were the outrageous blooms that manage to look tropical, plastic and like 1950’s drapery fabric all at the same...
Jan 4, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – January 4 We’ve all seen that term applied to plants, right? “Semi-evergreen” Gardeners come to know that as meaning this might be evergreen where you are or it might not, depending on cold it gets and other environmental factors....
Dec 29, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Inspiration, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 29 I was going through some photos to post on Pinterest and came across this picture of a Poinsettia. Five or six years ago the garden center carried blue and purple Poinsettias…all spray painted. I loved them. Yes,...
Dec 8, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love, You Can Grow That!
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 8 A woman came into the garden center yesterday and bought one of the hellebores. I was thrilled because among a sea of pink and red Cyclamen, this beautiful perennial gets overlooked. She was thrilled because she said the...
Dec 2, 2011 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – December 2 A simple facebook post for the garden center has me wondering… why do some people have a green thumb? As I wrote about a recent shipment of Cyclamen I thought about what to say. This isn’t a...
