Tsk, tsk! I’ve been bad. My week has been a little crazy for a number of reasons and so I have not posted the way I promised I would. So tonight you’re getting two! First, the garden update. Things are coming along, I have to say. We spent about 5 1/2 hours out in the…
Good morning! It’s about 1:45 a.m. on Friday the 13th and I’m blogging to you live from Memphis, TN! I spoke to the Hosta Society here tonight and promised that I would post a list of sources for some of the plants that were included in my talk. I figured that while I’m doing that,…
Well, March has certainly come roaring in! For those of you who didn’t see it on the news (or experience it personally), parts of Tennessee received nearly a FOOT of snow last Saturday and Sunday. A FOOT!!! I know that to some of you that’s pretty average, but in the South, where people (cities) are…
It appears that March is going to live up to its reputation and come in like a lion. I left the house yesterday morning without a jacket, since it was 67 degrees at 8 a.m., and by 4:00 yesterday afternoon it was in the 40’s and I was wishing I hadn’t made that oversight. Apparently,…
Just a brief note to let everyone know about an article that has just been published in the March 2009 issue of Garden Design magazine. This is a project that features ornamental grasses being used in containers that I worked on last summer with my friend Jenny Andrews, who is the features editor at the…
Well, I finally got out in the garden for a few hours yesterday afternoon. The oak leaves were still piled in the front beds where they fell late last fall and I had allowed them to stay for the purpose of offering winter protection to a fair number of newly planted perennials. They’re cleaned up…
Well, you’ve been asking for more plant posts and I’ve been promising more plant posts, so here we go. The garden is waking up! A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Hamamelis ‘Arnold Promise’ was getting ready to burst. Then it got cold and Arnold decided to keep his head down for a few…
Hey everyone! Sorry it has been a few days since there was a new post. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in the Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville for the past week. After working on the show in various capacities for nearly 15 years, I had officially “retired” and was looking forward to a…
‘Arnold Promise’ Witchhazel, www.fantasticplants.com I’m happy to report that so far, Nashville has dodged today’s weather bullet. We’ll see what happens after it gets dark and the temperature drops a bit. It has been raining almost continually since about 3:30 this morning, but for most of that time it has been in liquid form and…
I’ve just been reminded of another excellent program that will be happening in a few weeks in the Nashville area. For those of you within driving distance, it would be an outstanding opportunity to hear some world class plant gurus talking about the things they love the best. The lineup includes renowned plantsman, founder and…