Jenny Rose Carey
Dazzling Plants, Design Ideas, and Proven Techniques for Your Shady Garden
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. …
Continue Reading about More Witch Hazels for winter into spring bloom
Today is the first day of spring but you would not know it as we had a late season storm yesterday that brought another few inches of snow. It was beautiful outside today with morning temperatures hovering around 32 degrees fahrenheit and the snow crisp and crusty on the surface. The sun came up and …
Continue Reading about Snowy garden on March 21st! Wasn’t I meant to be planting peas?
Despite all the moaning about the weather and how cold it has been for the last few weeks, the complaining is often followed by the refrain, 'but thank goodness I am not in Boston'. We have had snow, frozen rain, and other unidentifiable frozen precipitation, but not the feet of snow that have …
Continue Reading about Touches of Color in the Winter Garden
After a long period of hibernation, the slumbering, catalog-crazed gardener emerges from the nook by the fireside. Stepping gingerly outside the back door, it is time to reconnect with the still frozen wasteland that used to be called your garden. What a hard winter! Frozen rain and strong winds …
