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Douglas Hunt

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My Love Affair...

With Japanese Maples is not monogamous. *Warning* If you have a weakness for beautiful trees and or rare...

Clipped on May 03, 2013

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Why you should plant Magnolia grandiflora "Little G...

Because the blossoms smell as good as this one looks. Plus, it's hardy from Long Island to South Florida. Plus, it has...

Clipped on Apr 28, 2013

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American Redbud Tree: A Classic!

This spring flowering tree grows in zones 5-9, so it was new to me when we moved to N.C. a few years ago! The...

Clipped on Apr 22, 2013

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Color for the Weekend in our Garden

A few years ago I fell in love with these spring gems, the rock irises. I planted 50 in our shade garden last year and th...

Clipped on Apr 07, 2013 : "Iris reticulata"

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Canada Blooms and The Home Show

My daughter and I visited the International Home Show and Canada Blooms in Toronto this past weekend. So...

Clipped on Mar 20, 2013

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Hardy Marginal Aquatic Plants- Copper Iris, Iris fulva

Copper Iris, Iris fulva. This beautiful copper red flower can be seen along the shoreline around mid-June in Michi...

Clipped on Mar 08, 2013

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Dendrobium Kingianum Midnight Velvet (orchid)

This orchid has been blooming non-stop since October! Here's the latest picture, taken this morning around...

Clipped on Mar 08, 2013

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Tried-and-True Shrubs & Perennials

Over my gardening years plants have come and gone, but a few have proven themselves for the long-haul and get pl...

Clipped on Mar 07, 2013

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Hardy Aquatic Plants

Cowslip, Caltha palustris. The bright yellow single flowers bloom in early spring along the shoreline of the water f...

Clipped on Feb 26, 2013 : "Marsh marigold, zones 3 to 7"

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Garden whimsey

One of my Angel's Trumpet plants. Beautiful blooms throughout the year, but note that all parts of this awesome pl...

Clipped on Feb 21, 2013 : "Potted brugmansia"

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Lithodora: Evergreen and Electric Blue Radiance

So many of you enjoyed my post about Candytuft, that I'm sharing another plant recommendation for your gardens: Litho...

Clipped on Feb 21, 2013 : "Long season of blue (zones 6 to 9)"

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Iris I've planted

I"m sure the yard is way full of them, but i always have to buy & plant more. Just love them all

Clipped on Feb 14, 2013 : "Bearded iris on parade"

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Candytuft: An Easy Year-Round Garden Beauty

Whether you love to garden, or you can't be bothered and just want to put something into the ground and forget ab...

Clipped on Feb 14, 2013 : "Iberis sempervivans"

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Camellia sasanqua 'shishi gashira' is one of my favorite...

into February, adding a lovely bright color to the garden when there's usually nothing else blooming. Unlike most sasa...

Clipped on Jan 19, 2013 : "Camellia sasanqua 'shishi gashira'"

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Garden Favorite

Varigated Iris is one of my favorites in the garden.

Clipped on Jan 17, 2013 : "Iris pallida"

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Hong Kong Orchid tree

This is how it looks in January - starts blooming in November

Clipped on Jan 16, 2013 : "Bauhinia blakeana, winter-blooming tree for Central and South Florida"

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Osteospurmum

I have pretty much have ignored and insulted the Osteospurmum, thinking that it was a wimpy 'spring then gone' for...

Clipped on Jan 15, 2013 : "Low maintenance, long-lasting blooms"

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Hellebores for winter blooms

As far as I'm concerned there isn't a better plant for winter-to-spring blooms than the hellebore. They will gro...

Clipped on Jan 14, 2013 : "Helleborus spp."

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Heart & Home ~ Valentine's Day

Mid- winter now and, besides a couple brief snows, the garden is quiet. Time to look to a wonderful winter blooming shru...

Clipped on Jan 13, 2013 : "Mahonia japonica-mid-January blooms in Delaware"

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The plants that most caught my eye during a visit to Bok...

Boktoberfest were the Dichorisandra thyrsifloras, or false blue gingers, which were planted extensively in shady areas...

Clipped on Jan 09, 2013 : "Dichorisandra thyrsiflora (false blue ginger)"

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This Tibouchina flower winked at me this morning!

Clipped on Jan 06, 2013 : "Tibouchina"

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Anyone recognize this spring flowering shrub? So...

This is not a forsythia, but another spring flowering deciduous shrub that puts on a brilliant show of yellow flowers....

Clipped on Jan 06, 2013 : "Kerria japonica (Alternative to forsythia for spring)"

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Passiflora Alatocaerulea

Happy New Year! This Passiflora Alatocaerulea flower opened this morning...a portent of a good year to co...

Clipped on Jan 02, 2013 : "Excellent butterfly host plant"

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Perennial Plant of the Day- You gotta love plants that blo...

This native is called Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers', hardy zone 5-7, I love the quilled petals- full sun is...

Clipped on Dec 30, 2012 : "Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers'"

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great garden plant for today. Calamintha nepeta nepeta

(don't let the name scare you) is a perennial hardy from Zone 5-9 that loves the heat, doesn't miss a beat- fra...

Clipped on Dec 30, 2012 : "Calamintha nepeta nepeta"

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We are enjoying these blooming in our backyard rig...

This is one of my favorite shade perennials. Who else knows and enjoys them?

Clipped on Dec 30, 2012 : "Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum"

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tall perennial of the day, the cutleaf coneflower is a cold...

colder). It is reported to be a butterfly magnet and it grows 4-7' tall. In my garden I don't stake it. I love it! The bot...

Clipped on Dec 30, 2012 : "Rudbeckia 'Herbstonne"

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Just started blooming in my garden, a great native iris, Iri...

Clipped on Dec 28, 2012 : "Iris cristata"

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Plant of the day (one of them) Caladium 'Hot Lips' is...

a great combination for light shade.

Clipped on Dec 27, 2012 : "Caladium "Hot Lips": great dark red for shade"

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the first day of spring is March 20th but some plants...

Veronica 'Georgia Blue' looks good with Euphorbia wulfenii

Clipped on Dec 27, 2012 : "Veronica 'Georgia Blue' and Euphorbia wulfenii: early bloomers"