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dorothyvesper
Aug 16, 20211 min read
Passionflower Refuge
Many of you know about my little native passion flower (Passiflora leutea L) - if not, then read about it in the July 12 post. It's now...
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dorothyvesper
Aug 11, 20211 min read
PSU grows a garden
A couple weeks ago we were up in the State College area and visited PSU's "new" arboretum and botanical garden. It is a remarkable and...
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dorothyvesper
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Preventing a garden coup by the iris clumps
his weekend I separated a lot of bearded iris for transplanting and giving away. This is partly in response to their attempted garden...
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dorothyvesper
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Convincing vines to be trees
This year I decided to try to grow my squashes vertically. It seems like a great idea - better pollination, less disease, easier...
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dorothyvesper
Jul 15, 20211 min read
Pollinators LOVE coneflowers
There's been a lot of work happening in the WV Tiny Garden - but none of it by me.
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dorothyvesper
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Rescue - native passionflower (Passiflora leutea L)
A few years ago my husband came home from work and told me about a flower growing outside of my office building. He'd seen someone...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 28, 20212 min read
Loath it or love it. Trumpet Vine.
If there's one plant in our garden that I truly dislike, it's the trumpet vine. It came with the house and I've been considering getting...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 28, 20211 min read
What's blooming this week & an update on the new raised bed garden
This week's roundup of flowers.. This is a tiny 6-inch hosta. I have a handful of different tiny hostas but this is the most charming....
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dorothyvesper
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Goodbye roses, hello tomato trellis
The roses are gone. I knew this would have to happen as I watched the progression of rose rosette disease (RRD) from one rose to the...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 22, 20211 min read
Garden Tour - Maymont Gardens
On Day 2 of the Richmond VA visit we went to see Maymont Gardens. This is an historic estate and garden that has been given to the city...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Garden Tour - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Last weekend I had the chance to visit the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond VA with friends JH, JS & DD. Appreciation to to DD...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 8, 20211 min read
Enjoying the view and this week's flowers
Perelli is mostly an indoor cat but he always enjoys porch time. If he looks fierce enough, maybe it will keep those neighbor cats off...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 4, 20212 min read
Raised beds, hugelkultur, and square-foot gardening. All trends converge in the garden.
My raised bed vegetable garden has gotten a much-needed overhaul. After considering various options, we decided to have our handyman...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 4, 20212 min read
Garden dreams on YouTube - the new seed catalog?
Years ago someone gave me a book of essays about gardening and the essay that stayed with me the longest was about seed catalogs. They ...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 2, 20211 min read
Crevice garden - the tiniest garden in the tiny garden
My tiniest garden is tucked into a wide space in a walkway. It began with some rocks and a sad little Japanese maple tree I found in the...
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dorothyvesper
Jun 1, 20211 min read
Bees and Buttons
The bees were enjoying the last of the bachelor buttons yesterday.
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dorothyvesper
May 28, 20211 min read
Tour of the tiny woodland garden
On the north side of our house is my shady woodland garden (aka, walkway). You can see it's a tight space, but there are lots of plants...
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dorothyvesper
May 26, 20212 min read
Loving the small-flowered clematis
One of my fences is covered with a bluish-purple, bell-shaped, small-flowered clematis that is just coming into full bloom. This variety...
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dorothyvesper
May 26, 20211 min read
A bouquet of roses
Two rose varieties are now in bloom. No more words needed.
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dorothyvesper
May 21, 20211 min read
New blooms & an embarrassed apple tree
A very large iris is blooming on the right - and is about 4 feet tall. It's a little embarrassing for the adjacent apple tree which is...
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