An easy plant to keep in your garden, especially if you like randomness. It gladly reseeds and cross pollinates. Who knows what next year’s blend …
Spring
Beautiful Plants of the Day
The late tulips are in their prime, allium are flowering, and the salad mix is ready for eating!
Late Tulips
This week the late tulips opened: Queen of the Night, World Expression, and Parrot Tulips. Couldn’t be happier with them and the beginnings of some …
French Breakfast Radishes
Having just received my latest Organic Gardening, I realized that I left the fabulous radish out of my cool season crops. Luckily, this long cool …
A Look at Spring Blooms
While I was gone for the weekend, it seems all the daffodils and tulips started to show their faces. Yay!
Prepare Plants for Tranplanting
With warmer weather coming, it’s time to introduce your seedlings to outside. Do this gradually. Start with a few hours in a shady spot and …
Phili’s Sidewalks
Philadelphia has character, small streets where residents put out their own little patches of green, and parks with wisteria and iris in bloom. Wisteria is …
Chapel Hill Roses
Chapel Hill is in zone 7, making it feel like I was already in the midst of summer. There was a rose garden with a …
Azaleas in DC
This past weekend I was out on the east coast. Here are some of the beautiful azaleas in bloom in DC! Azaleas are acid loving …
Rainy Spring Days
With all this rain, the daffodils are bowing deeply and the tulips are straight, yet closed. Let’s hope for a little sun soon.