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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
Hot hot hot edition. It’s been a hellish summer in more ways than one. Richmond, not far away from Tangled Branches South, has had the hottest July ever. Before that it was the hottest June ever....
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:::::::::: 4th Anniversary Edition :::::::::: Can it be that we’ve been doing this for four full years now? Yes, it can, and this post begins the fifth year of the monthly internet tally of flowers in...
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First Tiny Bouquet
…of the year. In bloom on February 28: Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation', Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor', Iris reticulata 'Gordon' Curious as to whether bouquet implies flowers or whether a bunch of...
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Blooming
From the very small… Crocus sieberi 'Tricolor' …to the very tall. Red Maple Truly. The crocus is just a few inches high and the maple flowers are 30 to 40 feet above my head. It’s all about...
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
… Cheater’s Edition … Is it cheating if I buy plants in bloom and put them in the garden two days before Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day? I kind of feel like it is, but let me explain. A couple weeks ago, I...
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
A rainy day – phew! Everything is happening so fast in the garden now; I feel like I don’t have time to look at the flowers, much less photograph and write about them. On Thursday, we finally got a...
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
….:::: Dianthus Edition ::::…. It’s the 15th of the month again and time for garden bloggers to show off what’s blooming in their gardens via Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, a internet event created and...
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Louisiana Iris ‘Black Gamecock’
Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock' It took several years, but the Louisiana Iris is finally in bloom. I think it would have bloomed last year, except for a little mishap with the spouse and the lawn...
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
It’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and I have new plants to show you. Oenothera glazioviana 'Tina James' and associates I grew Oenothera glazioviana ‘Tina James’ from seed last year. Despite being chewed...
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Herb of the Year
Herb of the Year? Says who? The International Herb Association will have you know that the 2012 Herb of the Year™ is the Rose. They’re a trade organization so I suppose that little trademark symbol is...
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Over My Head
…is Rudbeckia lacinata… Last year, after planting in the spring, it grew maybe 4 feet tall. But now? I’m guessing about 7 feet. I suppose I could get a ladder and a tape measure and know for sure, but...
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