Garden History
It is unbelievable that one could forget such a lovely thing as a beauty berry bush that was in our old garden but has not yet been planted in our new garden. Their luster can not be matched. They are like amethyst in the round. A string of them would look dynamite.
Pink lilies by the door. What enchanting guests without all the folderal of being arranged. I
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.
