Finally, I took a good photograph of blue false indigo by taking a picture of a bee for my children.
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Yellow Flag Iris & What We (Don’t) Know About Climate Change
Most if not all of the people denying climate change exists really don’t know, yet they plant the yellow flag and oil refineries for us all.
Leave a CommentRyan Gainey’s Garden
Looking like a character straight from the pages of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the man appeared, singular and alone, along with a…
1 CommentCalycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ – Sweetshrub
Named after the city of Athens, Georgia, this yellow-flowered sweetshrub is a rare beauty.
Leave a CommentLeucanthemum vulgare – Oxeye daisy
Oxeye daisy’s golden disc surrounded by white rays is a flower form familiar to us all.
Leave a CommentParthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia Creeper
I’ve wanted to grow Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, for a long time. I asked my favorite nurseryman where I might find it. He laughed and told me to be patient.
Leave a CommentPapavar somniferum – Common Garden Poppy – Southern Gothic
Rare in my garden are annuals, their uniform sameness unrelenting through summer. The common poppy is an exception I am happily willing to make.
1 CommentMagnolia grandiflora – Musings on the Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora is a big tree and somewhat out of fashion these days. If a gardener has a large garden and room and the need…
Leave a CommentTiarella cordifolia – Foam Flower
My mother loved foam flower, Tiarella cordifolia. My wife Angela likes it too. I was always cool towards this native perennial. I seem to be…
Leave a CommentBuff Beauty Rose, & Time
Buff beauty is a Hybrid musk rose introduced in 1939 in the United Kingdom by Ann Bentall. I ponder what it must have felt like…
Leave a CommentCalycanthus floridus – Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice
I was seventeen the first time the fragrance of Calycanthus floridus hit me, standing in the Georgia woods. I’m glad this memory is written down somewhere,…
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