Tag: Peony
The Thing About Peonies
I suspect that Peonies deliberately synchronize their flowering to coincide with gardeners’ trips away from home. Given that the average Peony plant has a very fleeting period of bloom, this means that many gardeners get to see the swelling buds of their Peony plants, followed by the bare seed heads.
Foliage Follow-Up: May 2013
May is a time for fresh green foliage, before heat and drought and little critters give us leaves looking tired and tattered. To begin with, there is wild ginger (Asarum canadense). Not really ginger, but the root does have a strong ginger smell. A nice groundcover native to eastern and central North America. Then there …
A Garden Valentine
You can have year-round valentine gifts in the garden, you know. Take Judy and I. We’ve been married for almost 28 years. If you walk around the garden, you’ll see many valentines from me to her. For example, there’s the Lilac on the east side of the house. There are many shrubs I prefer …
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