Garden Journal

Tree peony emerging.

Hellebores getting ready for desiccating.That sounds so funny.DESSICATING.DESS-I-CATE!I feel like a Dalek should be involved somehow.

Dogwood in bloom.

Native double bloodroot and native shooting stars emerging.

Garden log 4/18/24. Every year I think I should just give up on tulips, because they reduce here year to year, it’s not a good use of limited garden funds… …but then they come up, all straight and lollipoppy and charming, and I say oh, fine, I guess I’ll buy and plant some more in

Garden log 4/18/24. Lady Jane clusiana tulips. I’m adoring the smaller species tulips — I’m still only on my second year with some of them, and first year with others, so I don’t know yet if they’re going to do better at coming back than regular tulips (most of which reduce year by year in

Hello, spring!Redbud “Ace of Hearts,” with Thalia daffodil path.

I was gathering some hellebore in the front yard, and some passing neighbors complimented the riot of color in the garden right now, and then asked if I’d picked the house colors. Yes, yes I did. And very deliberately chose the redbud tree to go in front of it. 🙂 Next week, filling those hanging

I’m looking forward to the conference this weekend, but it is a little hard leaving my garden in springtime. Tulips opening, joining Jack Frost brunnera, native Virginia bluebells, blooming pulmonaria and lamium and ajuga groundcovers, the last of the hyacinths and muscari, leucojum and Thalia daffodils tall and white, camassia emerging. There are various plants