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...

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...

his weekend I separated a lot of bearded iris for transplanting and giving away. This is partly in response to their attempted garden...

This year I decided to try to grow my squashes vertically. It seems like a great idea - better pollination, less disease, easier...

There's been a lot of work happening in the WV Tiny Garden - but none of it by me.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

My raised bed vegetable garden has gotten a much-needed overhaul. After considering various options, we decided to have our handyman...

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 ...

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...

The bees were enjoying the last of the bachelor buttons yesterday.

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...

One of my fences is covered with a bluish-purple, bell-shaped, small-flowered clematis that is just coming into full bloom. This variety...

Two rose varieties are now in bloom. No more words needed.

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...