Two days of 75F weather have defeated me, and I have given up and planted my Trader Joe’s hellebores, knowing it means I’m now committed to checking and watering them as needed. I plant these in pots for now, and at some point, when I want something else there or when they’re done blooming, I’ll […]
A single double hellebore bloom is lovely in a small bowl — reminiscent of a lotus.
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As the season progresses and more of the hellebores bloom, my bowl gets bigger.
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Creeping phlox, bought as a tiny starter plant on Etsy, , starting to bloom under the grow lights.
Countdown – 4 days ’til launch party! Put together the first of the raffle baskets, garden-themed. One free ticket with entry to the launch. This basket (I’ll give one out at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30) includes: • one signed copy of Perennial, a garden romance• a set of 4 paperwhite greeting cards (my design, based
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Garden log 2/27/24. Went out and did a little more pruning (buddleia, rose bushes), collected blooms of five different hellebores. More coming — many are still tightly-budded or barely sprouted. The one at the bottom is the first perennial I planted, right after we bought the house, even though I knew it’d be many months
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