Beautiful autumnal weather here in Pennsylvania. Cool nights and days in the 70's encourage the blooming of fall favorites. The sunlight is less intense and the flower colors are less washed out than in the summer. Lilac purple Colchicum flowers have been out for about a week. This week the …
Dahlia ‘Blackberry Ice’
This dahlia plant is at least four foot tall by September. I grow the dahlias in a fenced in cutting garden to prevent the 'varmints' from eating them. In spring the tubers are planted in a five inch deep hole in raised beds filled with soil and compost. A sturdy stake is put in at the time of …
Dahlia ‘Gitts Crazy’
More autumnal colors …
Dahlia – ‘Encore’
Dahlias become more beautiful as the weather changes in the fall. Great for cutting. …
Underneath a pink zinnia flower
Look for the magic, the growth, and the adventures that happen in a garden. View the intricacies of a flower from an unusual angle or look more closely than usual. Here is the underside of an ordinary zinnia flower. By a concerted scrutiny of something so familiar you see with fresh rather than …
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Spectacular display of lupins at the Chelsea Flower Show It is always so exciting to walk into the huge tent full of plant vendors. Everything from spring daffodils to foxgloves, herbs, roses, vegetables, trees and even this stand just of lupins. It makes you drool. I am like a kid in candy store …
Herb garden in early spring
Early spring view of the Herb Garden from a cherry picker. …
A messy house …
"A messy house makes a clean garden." ♥ My eldest daughter wrote this on one of my Christmas presents one year. I think it is very fitting for the gardener's lifestyle. ♥ …