My gardening goal each year is to have something blooming from earliest spring until the snow flies. A couple of years ago, I discovered Ryan’s Pink Mum, an upright chrysanthemum with single soft pink flowers and yellow centers. This mum is beautiful, exceptionally hardy and survives with virtually no pampering. To me however, the most […]
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World’s Largest Rose Tree
While visiting Tombstone, Arizona we toured the Rose Tree Museum said to contain the largest rose tree in the world as confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records. History of the Rose Tree This rose came originally from China to Scotland and then was brought to Tombstone by Mary Gee, a Scottish girl who […]
Growing Knock Out Roses
As a beginning gardener, I did not have much luck with roses. Mine struggled along and had a few blooms each summer, but they always had lot of aphids and got black spot pretty much every year. My roses were like a sickly child. Of course you love them, but they just don’t thrive, even […]
Low Maintenance Gardens
This July my daughter Rochelle and I visited Bayfield, Wisconsin during a very hot spell of weather. It was at least 95 degrees and the only relief was a slight breeze from Lake Superior. We walked around and did a bit of shopping while enjoying the lake view with children playing on the beach and […]
Blue-Eyed Grass, Lucerne
I bought a Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’) plant at our local garden center a few years ago when I noticed it blooming in the perennial section. Taking my plant home, I situated it in our front garden close to the walkway since the tag said that it liked sun and was low growing. […]
The Elegant Peony
Is there anything more lush and elegant than a peony (Paeonia valbiflora or Paeonia officinalis) in full bloom? Since their flowers get so large and full, I use peony rings to keep my plants erect and even then some blooms escape and bend toward the earth. Some of my peonies are the ones I remember […]