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The Writes of Spring

February 20, 2012

HAMAMELLIS x INTERMEDIA ‘ARNOLD’S PROMISE’, JUST BEGINNING TO UNFURL IN THE BRIGHT, FEBRUARY SUNSHINE IN MY GARDEN. NOW ALMOST A TREE, THIS 15 YEAR…

Sunny, Sunny, Sunday

February 19, 2012

LACHENALIA, THE CAPE HYACINTH ( left), SOME MORE CAMELLIAS AND CYMBIDIUMS IN PEAK BLOOM ON THIS SUPER-SUNNY SUNDAY Each year, there comes a time…

Camellias and Valentines

February 14, 2012

Camellias and Valentines Day were certainly ‘a thing’ back in the Victorian era, but as we have grown to be more commercial with chocolates,…

Tweeting the Alps – Tonight, in NYC

February 13, 2012

As a guest of the Manhattan chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, I will be presenting talk and slide show on some…

A Weekend in the Winter Garden

February 12, 2012

HARDENBERGIA VIOLACEA, AND AUSTRALIAN VINE ONCE COMMON IN OLD GREENHOUSES IN NEW ENGLAND, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK ON WHALING SHIPS IN THE LATE 18TH…

For the love of Pinterest

February 11, 2012

Here is an arrangement for all of my fabulous followers who so kindly invited me to Pinterest. Thanks so much! So for you, I…

GROWING CORAL AND POPPY WEDDING FLOWERS

February 10, 2012

Some of the best coral easy-to-grow flowers that I can recommend are ( top left, clockwise) Dahlia ‘Beach Bum’, Dahlia ‘Coral Gypsy’, Zinnia Benary’s…

A Clivia cross marks mid-season

February 7, 2012

CLIVIA MINIATA X CAULESCENS Known as Clivia Interspecific Group, these crosses between two species of the common houseplant clivia, are often crosses between an…

Camellia Bowl XLVII

February 5, 2012

In this month, when it seems we are forced to endure the dreary (thy grumpy Ground Hog, a dead President or two, dirty snow,…

Pitcairnoideae or Deuterocohnia? I still likey.

February 2, 2012

Botanist’s continue to study and reevaluate certain genus, and one of the latest changes happened while no one was looking – don’t despair, every…

Growing With Plants

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