Tag: Indian Pink
Mid-August Blooms, Part 2
OK, so here are the rest of our garden’s blooms taken this past Sunday.
Indian Pink, a Bright Spot in the Shade
So here’s a plant that probably isn’t as widely used as it should be: Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica).
The Scarlet Flower
It’s a grey day, one of a long line of grey days, and I am feeling color deprived. So I thought: why not write about some favorite flowers by color? Readers of this blog know that my favorite colors in the garden are orange and blue. However, I’ve already written about orange and blue flowers. …
Bloom Day Supplement: Roses In Shade And Other July Blooms
So on Tuesday night my Bloom Day post was getting long, and I was getting tired, so I decided to cover the back garden in a second post. Which is what I’m doing now. I refer to the back garden as my shady garden, but it is a light, dappled shade mostly from tall Silver …
Winners and Losers in the Battle of Dry Shade
My back garden raised bed has been something of a permanent work in progress. I was in my Raised Bed Period when I created it. Somewhere, I really can’t remember where, I had read about the virtues of raised beds. Over the next couple of years I created four of them in the garden. Anyway, …
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