Jul 24, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Ragra’ aka Cityline® Rio Type of Plant: This mophead hydrangea is a shorter-growing plant that stays under 3 feet tall and grows about 3 feet wide. Why I Love/Hate this plant How do I love this hydrangea? Let me count the...
Jul 17, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Soiree Kawaii Catharanthus Type of Plant: Catharanthus is more commonly known as flowering vinca, although this is confusing since there are other perennial groundcovers and common window box greenery known by the same name. Could we all just agree to call...
Jul 10, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Rosa ‘ZLEMarianne Yoshida’ aka Oso Easy Petit Pink landscape rose. Type of Plant: A shrub rose that stays under 4 feet and is repeat flowering and disease resistant. This rose has bubblegum pink flowers that are small but numerous. Why I Love/Hate...
Jul 8, 2020 | Garden Travel
After some uncertainty this spring, it’s with great pleasure that I tell you that the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival is opening on Friday, July 10th. In a normal year, we’d start with a kick-off party at Cape Cod Beer. You’d hear about all the...
Jun 26, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Tanacetum parthenium aka feverfew Type of Plant: A traditional cottage garden perennial (although it can be short-lived) that flowers in early summer with small daisy-like blooms. Hardy in zones 5 to 8. Why I Love/Hate this plant This is a plant for those...
Jun 19, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Nepeta cataria aka catnip Type of Plant: A generally short-lived perennial that can self-seed and naturalize in full sun gardens. Why I Love/Hate this plant I don’t love this plant, but I do like it. Not for its flowering or wonderful appearance, but for...
Jun 12, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Digitalis purpurea aka foxglove Type of Plant: A biennial, which means that the plant grows from a seed one year, blooms the next (and makes more seeds), and then it dies. Why I Love/Hate this plant: June gardens are magnificent when the foxgloves, peonies,...
May 29, 2020 | Love This!
Name: Zizia aurea aka golden Alexander Type of Plant: A native perennial (hardy in Zone 3 to 8) that has yellow flowers in late May into early June. Why I Love/Hate this plant: Okay…I admit it. I first bought this plant 20 years ago so I could say that my garden...
