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I Love Sedum Album Coral Carpet
Name: Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet’ Type of Plant: This is a low stonecrop sedum, perfect for planting in between flagstones and in rock gardens. Hardy...
Planting Opportunities in the Time of COVID-19
Events are being canceled, schools are closing, and many are being encouraged to work from home. For a few days or weeks people are finding...
I Love the Fire Light Hydrangea
Name: Hydrangea paniculata Fire Light aka the Fire Light Hydrangea Type of Plant: A medium to large shrub that flowers from late July until hard...
I Love Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls
Name: Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls aka chardonnay pearls deutzia Type of Plant: This is a small shrub that has bright yellow foliage in the...
I Love Hatiora salicornioides aka Rhipsalis salicornioides, drunkards dream, bottle cactus, or dancing bones.
Name:, Hatiora salicornioides, aka Rhipsalis salicornioides aka drunkard's dream, bottle cactus, or dancing bones. Also known as Hatiora. Type of...
I Love Oxalis triangularis aka false shamrock
Name: Oxalis triangularis aka false shamrock Type of Plant: These are bulbs that are commonly sold as houseplants in February and March. People...
I Love the Breadseed Poppy, Papaver somniferum
Name: Papaver somniferum aka the breadseed poppy or the opium poppy. Of the two common names, beadseed poppy is the most accurate for gardeners...
I Love Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’ aka weeping blue atlas cedar
Name: Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula' aka the weeping blue atlas cedar Type of Plant: An evergreen, horizontal/weeping tree with bluish needles...
I Love Salvia officianalis aka Common Sage
Name: Salvia officianalis aka common or culinary sage Type of Plant: This herb is a perennial in zones 4 to 8. It grows best in full sun and...
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I Love Rudbeckia hirta
Name: Rudbeckia hirta aka black eyed Susans Type of Plant: Biennial that is sometimes grown as an annual. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall, often...
How To Grow Anthuriums Indoors
Name: Anthurium species and varieties, aka flamingo flower (or so I read…everyone I know just calls them “Anthuriums.”) Type of Plant: Herbaceous...
A New Year’s Television Detour
If you're only here for the plants and gardening, skip this post. But on this New Year's Day I'm looking at the offerings on selected television...
I Love The Long-Blooming Patrinia scabiosifolia
Name: Patrinia scabiosifolia aka patrinia Type of Plant: Long blooming perennial with upright flower stems that grow to about four feet tall. The...
Expectations and Mail Order Plants
(This piece was originally posted ten years ago on my first blog, Whole Life Gardening.) My first experience with mail order was in the mid-1950’s....
I Love Billbergia nutans aka The Queen’s Tears
Name: Queen’s tears bromeliad, aka Bilbergia nutans, or friendship plant. Type of Plant: An epiphytic bromeliad native to South America. The shallow...
Vegan Nachos
Anyone who has ever dined with me knows that I'm an omnivore who eats more vegetables than anything else. But on my doctor's advice I've recently...
I Love Norfolk Island Pine, aka Araucaria heterophylla
Name: Norfolk Island Pine aka, Araucaria heterophylla Type of Plant: Evergreen conifer that has a straight trunk and symmetrical branches…Native to...