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Beauty is Worth a Second Attempt
I am not certain if it is forgetfulness or simply a lack of patience, but I am always astonished at the number of times I have grown a plant unsuccessfully and opted not to try it again until many years later. A case in point is Bowman’s Root, botanically known as Gillenia trifoliata. I remember exactly where I planted it in 1987 at a garden in Hawthorne, NJ and I did not give the plant much consideration again until some 35 years later!….
Summer has arrived! The days are wonderfully long, rain has mostly proven to be adequate while the temperatures promise to be more summer-like. The June blooms of Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis), the late blooming Drumstick Allium (Allium sphaerocephalon) and Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) are giving the garden great color…..
The Bold and Beautiful
By and large, spring ephemerals require a bit of trial and error before gardeners understand how best to use them in the spring garden. By definition, this group of plants emerge in early spring, flower, set seed and enter dormancy around the start of summer. Their strategy is to complete their annual reproductive cycle before the tree canopy is fully leafed-out and competition for sunlight and water becomes more intense….
With the chill of March and the showers of April behind us, early May looks to provide a wonderful assortment of spring ‘bloomers’, such as the Woodland Peony, the Hardy Gladiolus or the Smooth Rose to mention but just a few….
Good Things Come in Three
There is an old saying that “good things come in threes”. Supposedly, it stems from an ancient belief that three of something is complete and ideal. Hence, “third time is the charm” and, should you have the good fortune of uncorking a Genie, you might be the beneficiary of three wishes!…
