Gardening
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Blooming!
The blooms are coming! The blooms are coming! Yesterday, I had my first poppy bloom. Today I had 2 first daylily blooms (Stella de Oro & Happy Returns). Also today I had my first rose bloom. I’m excited. There are many plants in my landscape that have never bloomed for me (recent purchases) and most […]
Iris Update
As I reported previously my irises hadn’t bloomed for a number of years and were not going dormant during the winter. So what I did was give them all a haircut to try to simulate dormancy and well, either it worked or the irises finally stored up enough energy because they’re all blooming nicely now. […]
Sick Rhododendron
I went and bough 2 3-gallon rhododendrons at Lowes back in April. One was a pink variety, one was a red variety. I already have a pink one and so I gave the new one to my Mom for Mother’s Day and its doing fine and flowering for her. The red variety I planted myself […]
Using Ditch Lilies to Fill Spaces
We have some bad neighbors, they don’t take any care of their house or lawn, they’re constantly being cited by our city’s ordinance enforcement department for things like having grass that is too long. No one on our block likes them, when we moved in we heard nothing but bad things about them from all […]
My First Blooms
To the right you’ll see my first blooms of the year, and like most people my first blooms are crocuses. These have actually been blooming for a couple weeks but I only just got around to taking pictures because we’ve had some cold and rainy weather. Crocuses are bulbs (technically corms but everyone calls them […]
How to Mulch a Garden Bed
This post has been turned into an article located here: How to Mulch a Garden Bed
Irises Not Going Dormant
In the picture to the right you should see my iris patch. Irises are perennials that grow from rhizomes. They’re very common, I’m sure you know what they look like. In general irises go completely dormant in the winter, that means that their leaves die back all the way to the ground, and then in […]
My Plant Wishlist
One plant I recently became aware of is the Purple Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma). When I first saw it I couldn’t believe my eyes. The berries on this plant were such a vibrant shade of purple it was amazing. In my research I’ve seen it in plant catalogues, on TV, and in amateur photos and it […]
How to Propagate Iceplant
Iceplant is by far my favorite ground cover. It is hardy, quick growing, has attractive foliage, is drought tolerant, and pest and disease free. It also looks like a carpet of blossoms for most of the summer. I plan on writing a very extensive post about iceplant in the future, once mine are back in […]
A Label! A Label! My Kingdom for a Label!
I view garden labels as a necessity. I like to know the names of things, because I know one day I’ll want to move something, or dig it up, give it away, or maybe even sell it… none of which will be easy if I don’t know the name of the plant. If you have […]