If You Plant Them, They Will Come
I’m always amused when someone says to me, Oh, your gardens are so pretty. It must take a lot of time…. The reality is that while those same people are mowing, watering and edging their pointless...
View ArticleBloom Day, June 2015
Thanking Carol at May Dreams Gardens for the opportunity to share blooms, I’m joining in with a few of my own June picks and pics! May was a wet month in my garden–17 inches wet–and many of my plants...
View ArticlePurple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea): A Seasonal Look
Are you interested in a long-blooming, tough-as-nails perennial that can withstand heat and drought, freeze and flood? Look no further than this gardener’s favorite, Purple Coneflower, Echinacea...
View ArticleMay Flowers
I wish I could say that April showers brought my May flowers, but here in Austin, Texas (zone 8b), it was a dry April and so far, May is in fine copycat form as the dry late spring segues into summer....
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