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Unnatural Acts
Gardening is an unnatural act. Here we are, lovers of nature, birds, bees, green stuff, and what do we do? We go outside and dig it up, turn the tiny world of our gardens upside down, and start interfering every which way. Continue reading
Posted in animal life, garden tasks, plants, seasons
Tagged achillea (yarrow), aster (Symphyotrichum), balloon flower, Baptisia, bearded iris, bee balm (Monarda fistulosa), black swallowtail, blazing star (Liatris spicata), blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana), blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium), Butterfly bush, cardinal flower, Carolina lupine (Thermopsis villosa), coneflower (Echinacea), fall cleanup, foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), Garden in the Woods, golden Alexander (Zizia aurea), hibiscus, hori hori, hyssop (Agastache), Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium), Leave It Lie, lupine (hybrid), milkweed (Asclepias), moss phlox (Phlox subulata), Native Plant Trust, native plants, No Mow May, prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa), red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), sneezeweed (Helenium), sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis), tickseed (Coreopsis), trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens), wood poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
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Division and diversity: A gardener’s tale
In the garden, diversity is the way to go.
I love peonies, but a whole yard full of them? Glory-be would break out in late May, last two to three weeks, and then… nada.
… in honor of election day, I figured it was a good time to start looking at some of the diversity in our country that spans red states and blue states. When you get right down to it, we gardeners all live in green states.
So this past Friday, while two inches of wet snow fell relentlessly on my surroundings, my friend Hillary gave me a tour of her thriving garden in Charleston, South Carolina. Continue reading
Posted in animal life, fall, plants, seasons, soil
Tagged aloe, bird feeders, butter butt, cleanup, coastal gardening, crape myrtle, hibiscus, hummingbirds, hurricanes, hydrangea, lantana, lawn signs, magnolia, Meyer lemon, papyrus, rock garden, roses, sandy soil, Siberian dogwood, snow, squirrels, USDA Zone 4, USDA Zone 5, USDA zone 9, vegetables, wild ginger, yellow-rumped warbler, zen garden
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