Aug 3, 2010 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – August 3 One of the joys of growing perennials and flowering shrubs is having the landscape change, even in mid-summer. I love annuals, and the flowers that they produce all summer, but seeing new colors and textures appear in late summer is...
Jul 26, 2010 | my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, vegetables
Report From PIA – July 26 Reason To Grow Your Own Vegetables – #2 1. Get home from work, and go out to the garden… having a favorite beverage in hand is optional. Pick the summer squash that appeared in the last 24 hours. (I’m partial to the...
Jul 7, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 7 I just chopped down the Tradescantia ‘Sweet Kate’ because it was entering that not-so-many-flowers-ratty-foliage stage. I had some tiny ‘Purple Lady’ Iresine, grown from seed, that have been patiently waiting in their plug trays, so I...
Jul 2, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 2 I have a young Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Ogon’ tree that I placed in front of the wood shed. It is growing quickly despite the fact that if I set a sprinkler in the adjacent areas this space isn’t hit. Today I placed the hose next to...
Jul 1, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – July 1 This is a tale of four ‘Rozanne’ Geraniums, differences in genetics or locations, and taking action when something no longer serves. I’ll begin with my four plants. I have one Geranium ‘Rozanne’ that was sent to me as a test plant from...
Jun 24, 2010 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – June 24 On my way to a consultation today I passed a triangle planting that caught my eye. First, my attention was captured because there were unusual, specimen trees in this roadside bed, and secondly because there were too many unusual,...
