Shrubs That Beat the Heat
[caption id="attachment_1801" align="alignleft" width="225"] Sun=heat[/caption] Now that the weather is heating up (hopefully this last weekend in May will be a mere hiccup with night temperatures in the thirties and forties), I’d like to recommend some shrubs to you,…
June Is Bustin’ Out all Over
[caption id="attachment_1837" align="alignleft" width="210"] Allium christophii and roseum, Helianthemum 'Wisley Pink'[/caption] What a great time for gardeners! June is bustin’ out all over, just as the lyrics say in that old Rogers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. The spring bulbs…
Color in Los Angeles
[caption id="attachment_1857" align="alignleft" width="210"] Painted flower house in Venice Beach[/caption] We’ve just returned from a trip to Los Angeles with our two graduating high school senior granddaughters. We covered a lot of territory, from Santa Monica to Camarillo. Inevitably, there…
Garden Surprises
One of the most enjoyable aspects of gardening for me is the daily discoveries. Glancing at the garden and working in the garden are completely different. When you are on your hands and knees taking out those pesky weeds, you…
Trees That Love Ohio Heat
[caption id="attachment_1906" align="alignleft" width="210"] Tree shaded house[/caption] We gardeners in Ohio never know what the weather will be on a given summer day but, this summer, temperatures have already risen into the eighties and nineties. We also seem to…
My November Garden
[caption id="attachment_2253" align="alignleft" width="140"] Chrysanthemum 'J.C.Weigelan'[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2254" align="alignleft" width="210"] Chrysanthemum Venus'[/caption] Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me. Although this month has been chilly with intermittent snow showers and rain, all of my old-fashioned mums are blooming and, in…
The Holiday Bookshelf – Beautiful No-Mow-Yards
Although Christmas is still a month away, and Chanukah starts next Wednesday evening, I'm sure that some of you are still putting together your wish lists. I thought I would aid you in that endeavor by publishing reviews of some…