Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
With tips for digging up the tubers and storing them for winterGardening Quote:‘If the iris is considered the flower of the rainbow, surely the dahlia might be called the flower of the sunset.’Louise Bush-Brown, Flowers for Every Garden, Little, Brown, and Company, 1927.Dahlias are one of the stars …
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The first thing to do is to collect your supplies for winter seed sowing – old plastic milk jugs, a knife to cut it, labels and pencil, seeds and watering can with fine rose end, and duct tape.As the days lengthen in the Northern hemisphere it is time to start thinking of growing plants from seed. …
Gardening Quote"Let's accept random seeding, let's tolerate small flowers like grace-notes decorating the paving. Not always, but sometimes."Dear Gardening Friends,One of the reasons that I am always drawn to old gardens is that they have a gentle, relaxed, lived-in look. Plants have had a chance to …
As the days lengthen and the temperatures increase the pace of spring growth increases. Buds open. Shoots emerge and elongate. The pace of change is dizzying. Capture these fleeting moments in photographs to enjoy year round. Photos above: Leucojum vernum - Spring snowflake - dangling white and …
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The star-like white flowers of Magnolia stellata, the star Magnolia (shown above), are some of the first Magnolias to bloom in the spring. The strappy tepals (sepals and petals) explode from tightly packed, fuzzy buds when a few warm days spur new spring growth. Magnolia x loebneri' Leonard …
The Hamamelis season is in full swing here at Northview. Many of the witch hazel flowers are out earlier this year as the weather has been mild this winter, although combined with one of the heaviest snowfalls recorded in Philadelphia. I have been thinking about witch hazels for the last few weeks. …
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We had several snow falls this week accompanied by bitter cold. Trips to the compost heap were about all the garden visiting possible until today when the temperatures have risen to around freezing. The winter garden is shades of sepia and white. The tiny details of old plant stems are outlined in …
Power just restored after 10" of snow and an ice storm. The weight of snow and ice on trees and shrubs has broken tree limbs and brought down trees on power lines. The trees get blamed but shouldn't we put our power lines underground? Here at Northview gardens we will not know what needs …
More autumnal colors …
Dahlias become more beautiful as the weather changes in the fall. Great for cutting. …
