Welcome To The New Blog

Greetings Everyone! I know you thought I had disappeared for good, but I promise I haven’t.  Late summer and fall were incredibly busy and I was on the road–almost continuously, Read more

A Week In Portland

Hi All!  Just a quick note to say hello from the annual Perennial Plant Association conference, this year in Portland, Oregon.  This is my first trip to the Pacific Northwest Read more

In The Garden

Hi everyone!  I thought I’d share a few photos from the garden.  It has been nearly two years since I moved and as some of you know, it took all Read more

A Banner Hydrangea Season

Wow, time flies!  I’ve been trying to be good about posting and then suddenly I look up from what I’m doing and it has been THREE WEEKS!  Where does it Read more

The Iris By The Back Door

I’m sure that for each of us there are a host of characters who played important roles in our lives, especially when we were children.  My cast of characters happens Read more

Bailing Out

Hello from a rain soaked, waterlogged and devastated, but optimistic Nashville, Tennessee.  For those of you who haven’t heard, west and middle Tennessee and several other parts of the southeast Read more

Greetings, Gardeners!

Happy Spring, everybody!  I’ve been away from the blog for quite a while now and I’ve received several very kind emails wondering if I was okay and if indeed I was Read more

Back To Blogging

Hello, everyone!  And happy 2010! A few of you have noticed that I took a brief hiatus from blogging and I appreciate the emails and messages from people wondering if I Read more