A Rose in the Garden

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...

Okay. I'm actually getting bored with this photographing this amaryllis. I applied some Picassa magic--to hide the exercise bike in ...

So excited that the amaryllis has once again bloomed, this time with 4 blooms and a side shoot yet to open. It usually blooms for me at ...

My poinsettias are still holding up. But they represent WINTER.  This week the sun was out and the massive Michigan snows are beginning...

Many dahlias are blooming around the borders of Aunt V's vegetable garden

Aunt V's Hibiscus As the last blooms are fading on the hibiscus moscheutos, and the exuberant white hydrangea mopheads are turning...

My Casa Blanca Lily Today

Hemerocallis 'Drums Along the Mohawk'

Hemerocallis 'Playing with Sharks'

Hemerocallis 'Woman at the Well'

Green Tarantula El Desperado

When we did a plant shuffle this spring in my daughter's garden we had one plant left over. Not at all sure what it was or what colo...