A Rose in the Garden

xHansara 'Jumping Jacks' with baby, newly split   This was copied: Here's a new one for even the most seasoned plant nerds. xHan...

  I learn something about my plants every year and every day. As I adjusted the Christmas lights on my little (dwarf) hinoki cypress the fir...

Limelight hydrangea, salvia and brunnera We know what an October surprise is in an election year. Sometimes we have some late season s...

A special daylily Many years ago--it might have been 5 or 6 (time flies when you are old!)--a former professor at my college promised m...

It is very hard to capture the late summer beauty of this vine that I allow to grow (more than a little out of control) on my property a...

I can't resist one more post/pic of my amaryllis bulb in bloom, which I think is in its 8th year now under my care. And of course, ...

Yard waste "dump" cleared - with a  fresh layer of gravel added When you have several properties and gardens that you are in ...

Crocus popping through the euonymus ground cover Looking for blooming signs of spring in the yard on the afternoon of the Spring Equino...

Opening day for Lillium 'Casa Blanca'  Late July is when the Lillium 'Casa Blanca' finally blooms with its intoxicating...

This evening on the way out of Uncle J.'s place, I snapped a shot of this gorgeous daylily on my phone, zoning in on it with selectiv...

At the church where I am in charge of the flower gardens once again this year there are 10 Endless Summer hydrangeas that bloom in vari...

Mother's Day flowers For three days in Maitland, Florida I awoke to this fragrant bouquet of pink roses. I hope a few roses are sti...

Tulip head nipped in the bud This morning I took a walk around the yard, the morning after a great spring rain, and found this tulip bl...

Cherry Tree Promenade - entry to Japanese Garden Last year the new Japanese Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park open...

March 11, 2016 Yes, my one amaryllis bloomed again in early March, long before Easter this year. I even set it outside for a day in the...

Hibiscus 'Summer Storm' Today this bug-riddled Hibiscus returned in full glory, with four full unblemished blooms. I don't k...

Virginia bluebells return, blooming under the magnolia.

The daffs, a few Lenten Roses, pulmonaria and some early Kaufmanniana tulips--that's about it for color so far this Spring, but the ...

Once again, the Amaryllis bloomed in April, blooming with one stalk, in triplicate. I did repot it last winter with a slightly larger po...

Here in zone 5 (5B or even 6A) this ornamental kale returned for a second year, becoming quite monstrous. We had heavy snow cover here i...

On a street near where I live my eye caught a whole lot of pink blooms today. I turned my car around to take a photo. It was a whole hed...

Planted in May of 2013, the three lupine plants in the church garden came into their full glory in early June this year. Like over-sized...