Carlisle Flowers
Last night mechanics were spotlighted. How to keep these gladiolas upright in a lovely vase that clearly would not support them. If you look closely you will see at the bottom of the vase, a pin holder or metal frog. I attached some floral sticky tape to its underside to keep it in place. […]
The other day I was lucky to get a mixed pack of gladiolas to play with. As I was carrying them to the car a woman stopped me and said how pretty they were but she normally didn’t like them. “Let me guess why?” I asked her. “Do they remind you of […]
Today in Baltimore the weather is crisp, a fall walking day. On your door could reflect what is happening beyond, evergreens, pods, russet sedum and the tails of ornamental grasses. Here is a grapevine wreath with yes, some artificial leaves for color but you could scavenge the yard for some reddened dogwood leaves and replace […]
In a protective place and for us Zone 7, this evergreen camellia blooms in autumn profusely. Ours are espaliered against the house. The branches of shiny leaves are a tremendous green for arrangements. The flower stays a wall flower or is it wallpaper – an in thing to be.
Why not say the day is purple before the rain comes, a color viewpoint. Then we have the red carns to help define the purple spider mums. The spider mums are seven in number making the eye climb up. If you remember this vase it came from Ladew Topiary Gardens and its tone of […]
One must see “The” iris because it’s the only one in the garden, the eve of October 14th. Tomorrow with the sun behind perhaps the flower will speak differently but this evening it paints the dusk white.
