Seeing Flowers: Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers with amazing photographs by Robert Llewellyn and charming essays by Teri Dunn Chace, is a beautiful companion to the stunning Seeing Trees: Discover the…
Achillea millefolium is a member of the compositae or daisylike family, but the tiny five rays give the appearance of a five petaled flower. The foliage is delicately ferny. While…
U is for Unless. I was trying to find a good botanical U word, but I could locate very few. Umbel is "an inflorescence with pedicles or branches arising…
I don't think a cutting garden is really supposed to look like this. A cutting garden is supposed to give each plant room to breathe. But here are scarlet bee…
I almost forgot it was Garden Blogger's Bloom Day! I made a mad dash out into the garden with my camera, stopping briefly on the piazza where the Wave petunias,…
I never think I have much of a flower garden, but in August . . . The Black Dragon lilies are blooming in front of the house along with a…
Ever since we pulled the curtain across the window and discouraged Frank the cat from sitting in the window box looking forlorn even though he has perfectly good access through…