Garden History
As I (yes I’ll write I from time to time) was riding home on a crisp but sunny third day of spring, I thought what will our children think of us when we are gone. Which flower or bush will they associate us with when thinking fondly of our behind. When thinking of my aunt […]
This exquisite pot was more than a challenge. Making daffodils (undersized to boot) look natural with the wind (blow dryer) showing movement and leaves that stand upright was impossible. Hours were spent all for naught. Never again shall we try to recreate what the artist/potter achieved in his/her depicting the beauty of spring against a […]
Little daffodils (also called trumpet narcissus) with petals or perianth as long as the trumpets. For flower arranging use perhaps curly willow sticks in the pot to hold them up for a rustic look. Save bulbs in cool place to plant in fall or just try to plant bulbs after greens have died down. Certainly […]
When picking out the flowers for the week first order of business, the stargazer lilies. We wanted to see how easily or not they would integrate with carns and poms, their being so big and the others so small, their being celestial versus terrestrial. Stacking the flowers and surveying the color palette, tones of pinks […]
Is that what they were trying to say with this name Gee I Me? Don’t know. But here’s a trivial fact. For every President’s wife a rose is named. Michelle Obama’s color, which designer will it be? And the muscle tones, will they be featured?
