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Balloon Flower

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BALLOON FLOWER             Envy may be a sin, but it is also one of mankind’s most popular hobbies.  Every day we envy each other’s homes, gadgets, cars and clothes.  In this respect I am no better than anyone else.  At least once a week during the growing season I suffer from a bout of plant … Read more

Parrots

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PARROTS             For years I worshipped at the shrine of the lily flowering tulip.  Tall, slim and elegant, the lily flowering tulip is everything I aspire to and is also closest in appearance to the wild tulips that got the world started on its long love affair with these spring flowering plants.  For years I … Read more

Successes and Failures

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SUCCESSES AND FAILURES             The growing season is coming full circle.  As I cut back the browning daylily and iris foliage, patches of bare earth emerge, and the garden begins to look more like it does in the early spring.  The slow-moving stages of clean-up give me ample opportunity to think about this year’s garden.  … Read more

Sedum

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SEDUM               For years I thought that sedum were a bit like bran muffins.  You know that you are supposed to like them, but you rarely find a good one.  I still haven’t found a good bran muffin, but now I have evolved into an individual who really appreciates a first rate sedum.  This … Read more

Fall Plants and Plans

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FALL PLANTS AND PLANS               I have always thought that most gardeners do not pay enough attention to the fall garden.  Of course, things are not nearly as bad as they used to be in the nineteen sixties and seventies when the majority of people relied almost entirely on the so-called “hardy mums” to … Read more