Nov 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – November 1 Some years ago I did a consultation for a store and recommended that they plant three dwarf Hinoki’s in the front bed. Notice the emphasis on the dwarf. I wrote it out for them, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana...
Oct 31, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 31 As I walked up the steps that lead from the lake to my gardens I noticed once again the plants that thrived among these stones. Alyssum, Verbena bonariensis, Leucanthemum vulgare and Nicotiana mutibilis have...
Oct 26, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 26 Here it is, almost November, and the front garden still looks pretty damn good. Sure, there are some things that are looking tired (Coreopsis ‘Creme Brulee’) or completely spent (Persicaria polymorpha)… but there...
Oct 16, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 16 The temperatures are dropping steadily, so today we brought a good number of our potted plants inside. Houseplants that had been sent to “summer camp”, tender succulents, tropical varieties, and Meyer lemon trees...
Oct 15, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – October 15 Today I cut some stems of seeds from my Jewels of Opar, (Talinum paniculatum) which I brought indoors and put in a paper envelope. Every year I save some of the seedpods so that I can use them to start new plants...
Sep 30, 2010 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – September 30 There are some plant that I refer to as Brylcreem plants. They are the ones that explode in the garden: a little dab’ll do ya indeed. Licorice plant, Helichrysum petiolare is just such an annual. This...
