anise hyssop – Agastache – one of my favorite plants ! Basics Agastache is a perennial plant with lovely flower spikes that bloom all season long. The flower is usually purple to lavender, but may also bloom in pink, rose, blue, white, and orange. It is a native of North America and its name […]
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SUNFLOWERS !!!!!!!
an endless field of sunflowers – a happy place Helianthus One of summer’s most popular plants – they are easy to grow and quick to boom. They love the heat of summer and are mostly insect and disease free. Usually in yellow, they also come in all sorts of hues of red, maroon, brown […]
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Crepe Myrtle
Crepe myrtle – another one of my favorite plants ! Basics Lagerstroemia indica (formerly known as L. chinensis) is a deciduous, erect, multi-trunked, tree or shrub. It is native to the Philippines, Japan and central Himalayas – but the species epithet references its native origin in India. The common name is derived from […]
Warm winter days – should I water ?
Should I Water ? Bottom line – MAYBE ! A warm winter day is any that is over 60* F – between December and February. But whether you should water or not will depend a lot on a few things. The first is to determine how dry the soil is. And to know that […]
A Fungus Among Us
Root, Stem and Leaf Rot Concerned ? If you have houseplants you should be ! Root rot is one of the top reasons why people call me for help with their Indoor plants. They send me pictures of their plants in dire straits and looking stressed. Pictures like these: rotted roots up to the […]
AGAPANTHUS
a lovely lilac blue This is a genus of six species of fleshy-rooted perennials in the Agapanthaceae – a sister family to the Amaryllidaceae. Despite the common name of Lily-of-the-Nile, they are not native to the Nile River basin but actually endemic to southern Africa. In its native areas, it is considered to be […]
Gremolata ( a scrummy Italian sauce)
A story by Grahame Hubbard. A good friend and her daughter was staying at my house, and one night they cooked dinner and made Gremolata. Oh my goodness I was addicted. I immediately cleared a planter in the garden and filled it with Italian flat leaf parsley. Italian flat leaf parsley ! […]
Pods
Pods A pod is a pouch-like form on a plant which encloses the seeds. Sometimes it becomes dry and splits when ripe. They protect the nascent seeds from pests, and in some cases, the pod actively provides nutrients to the seeds to help them develop. an assortment of pods from Australia Food, […]