Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
This week I’m loving Salvia patens ‘Blue Angel’. Why do I love this plant? Because it is BLUE, BLUE, BLUE. Not lavender, not purple, but blue. Secondly, it attracts hummingbirds, and thirdly, if you live in colder areas you can dig the roots and save them...
Dec 12, 2008 | Uncategorized
I love this Campanula: Campanula trachelium ‘Bernice’. It is a perennial that I didn’t bring with me when I moved to Poison Ivy Acres, so I’ll need to start with new ‘Bernice’ plants next season. For me this plant grew to about 2...
Dec 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the first things we did at our last two properties is to replace part of the lawn with gardens. It’s not that I hate the turf… especially my idea of turf which is combination of grass, white clover, and whatever green plant happens to take root in...
Oct 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
I can think of few better examples of an ending being a beginning than a first frost. As gardeners we don’t want our beautiful annuals or delicious vegetables to die, and as human beings we hate to lose anything good. And yet, loss forces us to move on. The...
Oct 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
A friend who has recently moved to Hawaii has a shrub in front of her house that has this fruit on it. She has asked me what it is, and since I don’t know I’m asking you. Can you Name This...
Oct 15, 2008 | my gardens, plants I love, Uncategorized
Every week on my radio program, GardenLine, I start the show off with a segment called I Love This Plant/I Hate This Plant. Needless to say, the plants that I love far outnumber the ones that I hate. As I stood looking at the plant I will feature this week on...
