I sat down at the computer today prepared to blog about Hedychium, or ginger lily, but as I was scrolling through my photos this iris (cultivar ‘Total Recall’) caught my eye. It reminded me that I had just been in a garden earlier this week where the remontant (re-blooming) iris were in their full fall…
Fall color peaked here today, with 30 mph winds and thunderstorms on the way. Hope you got to see it.
On Friday, we loaded up the van and took the Volunteer Gardener (www.volunteergardener.org) television cameras down to Jackson, TN to visit my friend (and the horticulturist for UT’s West Tennessee Research Station at Jackson) Jason Reeves. I’ve mentioned him before and I think I blogged about last year’s pumpkin display, too. Talent beyond measure! This…
We’re getting our first taste of winter this weekend. I know that sounds funny to some of you who have had winter weather already, some for several weeks! There are those of you in Nebraska who had 17 inches of snow last week, folks in Wyoming who had even more than that and gardeners who…
As the days grow shorter and temperatures begin to drop, many of my tropical plants begin to head into their dormant or semi-dormant winter phase. The elephant ears (Colocasia and Alocasia), however, continue looking good right up to frost. This is especially true if they’re planted in the garden where their roots have free run…
As part of last week’s garden tours at the annual Garden Writers Association symposium we had the distinct pleasure of visiting Montrose, the well-known garden and nursery of plantswoman Nancy Goodwin. It was my first visit and I have to say, the garden was nothing short of stunning. Nancy has been responsible for introducing some…
A star-studded turnout for Nashville’s new rose garden. On September 29, 2009 a group of honorees, friends and special guests gathered in downtown Nashville to dedicate Nashville’s newest public garden space, the Nashville Music Garden. I’ve given you most of the specifics in earlier posts, but thought I’d share some photos from dedication day. I…
Last week’s trip to Raleigh, NC for the annual Garden Writer’s symposium was successful on several fronts, but perhaps most successful in my being able to capture some great images of many unique and unusual garden plants which I’ll be bringing to you here over the weeks and months to come. The first of those…
the Garden Writers conference in Raleigh, North Carolina! What a fun week we’ve had so far! There are only a couple of times a year when I get to become completely immersed in my plant nerdiness for a few days at a time and with people who absolutely, completely and totally “get it”–because they’re plant…
I must admit, autumn is not my favorite season. You see, I don’t really care for winter much, so for me autumn is just sort of the precursor to what can be several months of cold, damp, drizzly weather that sometimes seems as though it may never end. But even though autumn means that winter…