Flowering Now: Lantana
Lantana This exuberant red an orange lantana was flowering along my walk yesterday. They tend to flower almost constantly, but seem to have a flush of blooms are particular times Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Angelica stricta purpurea
Angelica stricta purpurea Discovered via Pinterest User Pasika Khernamnuoy My knees shook when I first discovered this rare & spectacular Angelica growing at the Mendocino Botanical Garden. Luckily, the kind folk Continue Reading
Gardener’s Gift Guide: Anthony Eglin Garden Mysteries – The Alcatraz Rose
I have enjoyed all of the Anthony Eglin’s past garden mysteries featuring Lawrence Kingston including The Blue Rose, The Water Lily Cross, The Lost Gardens and more. They are a Continue Reading
Photo: Watercolor Sempervivum via #waterlogue
Previously in my Instagram Photos… Related posts: Photo: Sempervivum via #instagram Noted: Great Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Allium Cernuum via Houzz Garden History: Every garden deserves a lovely garden gate Continue Reading
Photo: Sempervivum via #instagram
A photo from the garden this morning Previously in my Instagram Photos… Related posts: Video: What Douglas Dug…Show 009 – March 11, 2013 – Photoshopped flowers, carrots, rosemary topiaries Continue Reading
Noted: Great Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Allium Cernuum via Houzz
Great Design Plant: Low-Maintenance Allium Cernuum via Houzz When the weather cools in fall, it’s time to plant spring-blooming bulbs. Most of the familiar ones are from faraway places: tulips Continue Reading
Noted: Great Design Plant: Encelia Californica via Houzz
Great Design Plant: Encelia Californica via Houzz Landscape California brittlebush (Encelia californica) is a must for low-water habitat gardens. This vigorous and dependable subshrub shows off its exuberant mass Continue Reading
Video: In the neighborhood…Liquidambar stryaciflua in Fall Colors
Check out my collection of gardening essays, “From A Gardener’s Notebook” now available as a Kindle eBook. (You don’t need a Kindle to read it, though. Read it on your PC, Continue Reading
Historical Book: The amateur gardener’s calendar by Mrs. Loudon, 1871
I was introduced to this book via a post on Google+ by Eugbug’s DIY Den and immediately searched to see if it was available online. A quick Google search turned up Continue Reading