Tag: Daily Awesomes

Martagon lilies are beloved by all lily growers, the only problem is that they are not the easiest lily to grow. Preferring cool temperatures,…

Ever since I read Martha Stewart’s first book on gardening, called ‘Martha Stewart, Gardening’ (1996), where she showed photos of vases full of yellow…

Rebutia perplexa, an easy-to-grow, hyper blooming cacti for sunny windowsills. Just be certain to provide near-freexing temperatures during their bone dry winter period for…

Oh, it’ is SO, June. Luna Moths and Peonies. Yesterday, the Itoh Hybrid peony ‘Barszella’ began to open in the gold and blue garden,…

It’s starting to look more like the foothills of the Rockies in Colorado, than a central Massachusetts garden but for whatever reason, the Penstemon…

Cypella herbertii, is a rarely seen iris relative and it’s Iris ‘Eyes are Smiling’, even thought it’s from South America via Uruguay, this grows from…

Today, I share a new plant in my garden, Calycanthus raulstonii, a new bigeneric cross involving the native eastern species of Calycanthus floridus, which…

A tiny white alpine form of Rhododendron, the plant, growing in a trough, is no taller than 8 inches, but I misplaced (i.e. lost)…

Lachenalia purpurea ssp. caerulea A trio of wild-collected ,seed grown, South African bulb plants rarely seen.  From left, Lapierousia (Freesia) laxa alba form, Lachenalia…