Archive for Juli 2015

My Time of Year

Although late July into August is usually a rough time in the garden because of heat stress and the rigors of keeping up with the weeds, it...

Cotton blossom

Roses and rain are a perfect match.

Caladium have always been a bit ho-hum for me, until I met 'Red Flash' from Longfield Gardens . The red and green leaves are phenome...

Surprisingly a few of the containers I planted this spring with Viola didn't burn out until late July. The Viola (both 'Citrus'...

Tricyrtis sp. (Toad Lily) at Lurie Gardens in Chicago

Life is a difficult thing to assess when you're in the throes of it, so the painful and uncomfortable moments serve as a non-so-gentle r...

As a part of the 2011 Wave Research Team , I planted six four-inch pots of Angelonia Serena 'Blue' in my garden in mid-May. Since ...

Tomorrow, the block is being delivered for the start of the front yard redesign. Here's the rough plan for the front yard. I'm sure ...

Garden designers talk about color echo all of the time. Here's a perfect example of it with the magenta veins of Irisene 'Blazin...

I received this phlox -- P. paniculata 'Thai Pink Jade' -- from Plants Nouveau a couple of years ago as a small plug. It's re...

The garden is never more photogenic than after a light rain, when water droplets perch on petals and leaves without weighing them down and b...