Monarda (Beebalm)
[caption id="attachment_7236" align="aligncenter" width="463"] Monarda in part shade garden with Persicaria amplexicalulis.[/caption] Monarda, a North American native, is one of the workhorses of the perennial garden as well as the herb garden. Its leaves are aromatic and somewhat citrusy and…
Random Thoughts
[caption id="attachment_7214" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Rosa 'John Cabot', Fallopia, Allium christophii, Nepeta 'Dropmore Hybrid', Iris siberica 'Welcome Returns', Allium christophii, Hosta 'Red October'[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7215" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Unknown rose (label lot many years ago) on kitchen wall[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7217" align="aligncenter" width="461"] Spiraea 'Glow…
Clematis – The Lesser Known Ones
[caption id="attachment_7197" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Clematis 'Niobe' with Rosa 'William Baffin' and Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'[/caption] Most gardeners and landscape designers know and love the large-flowered, vining Clematis that we train to grow on trellises and fences as well as up and…
Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ – Sun King Spikenard
[caption id="attachment_7174" align="aligncenter" width="460"] My Aralia ‘Sun King’ is sited between the cutleaf Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Viridis’and a red-leafed banana, Ensete maurielii, for both color and textural contrast.[/caption] The Perennial Plant of the Year 2020 is Aralia 'Sun King', a…
Coronavirus – Garden Chores and Plant Shopping
The coronavirus has changed our lives. Many of us find escape in the garden and there is plenty to do this time of year. With all the rain, weeds are having a field day but the moist soil means that…
Grab Your Tools and Get Out There!
[caption id="attachment_7138" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Old concrete patio with pile of old sandstone waiting to be installed.[/caption] The world as we’ve known it has changed radically overnight. Social distancing is now the norm and fear is pervasive. Retail, except for essential…
Dreaming of Spring
[caption id="attachment_7125" align="aligncenter" width="461"] Deadwood bird sculpture[/caption] Samuel Coleridge said: All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair, The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing, And Winter slumbering…