Daily Awesomes Archives - Growing With Plants

Last (and Rarest) of the Winter Greenhouse Bulbs

April 17, 2012

A BROWN HYACINTH? NOT QUITE, BUT ABOUT AS CLOSE A PAN IN THE ALPINE HOUSE DISPLAYS A SINGLE BULB OF THE RARITY FROM THE…

How to Tease Hummingbirds

August 1, 2011

Semi hardy Sinningia tubiflora in the garden. This still relatively difficult to find, yet easy to master perennial will still need winter protection in…

Peruvian Daffodils

July 25, 2011

A HYBRID HYMENOCALLIS, OR ISMENE ‘SULFER QUEEN’ OPENS IT’S HIGHLY FRAGRANT FLOWERS GROWING IN A CONTAINER ON THE WALK TO THE GREENHOUSE. Ismene ‘Sulfer…

Gardenias!

July 22, 2011

Our giant ( and I mean G I A N T) gardenia bush is starting to bloom. It’s so large, that we keep it…

A Chinese Lantern Lily? More like, neither.

July 7, 2011

A SUMMER BLOOMING SOUTH AFRICAN BULB RARELY SEEN IN GARDENS, SANDERSONIA AURANTIACA BLOOMS IN A POT WHERE IT’S GOLDEN LANTERNS SEEM TO LIGHT UP…

Unusual Pelargoniums

June 3, 2011

A HYBRID THAT LOOKS LIKE A SPECIES, PELARGONIUM ‘SPLENDIDE’. IT’S FUZZY PADDLE SHAPED LEAVES ONLY EMERGE IN THE SUMMER, THIS ONE IS DORMANT ALL…

A Colorado Blue Spruce with Lime Needles? You Betcha.

June 1, 2011

PICEA PUNGENS GEBELLE’S GOLDEN SPRING, A YELLOW NEEDLED BLUE SPRUCE. Last year I ordered this rare clone of the Colorado Blue named Gebelle’s Golden…

The Romance of Wisteria

May 23, 2011

A VASE OF WISTERIA SCENTS AN ENTIRE ROOM AT THE HOUSE – WISTERIA MAKES A TERRIFIC CUT FLOWER, AND THEY LOOK PERFECT IN THIS…

A brown Hyacinth? Meet Dipcadi serotinum

May 4, 2011

DIPCADI SEROTINUM I love plants that I have never seen before, and I assume that this might be a new genus for many of…

Spring Hellebores

April 25, 2011

I DECIDED TO PICK A SELECTION OF HELLEBORE FLOWERS, SO THAT I COULD APPRECIATE THEIR INDIVIDUALITY. IN THE GARDEN, THEY SOMETIMES LOOK SIMILAR, OR…