Meet the Burr Gherkin
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2y ago
 That's not a hedgehog in my palm -- it's a burr gherkin!It looks like a little spiky cucumber.(And to be honest, it kind of tastes like a little spiky cucumber.)But it's not really a cucumber (same genus, different species).It's my first year growing burr gherkins after I was gifted some seeds by a kind farmer friend (Thanks, Brittney!).They have not been all that productive yet (I've only just ..read more
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These Buds are For You
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2y ago
Some buds are still wrapped tight, but flowers starting to unfurl...Spring is a time of hope and promise in my Middle Tennessee garden.Prunus tomentosa (downy cherry, bush cherry) Ribes aureum, Ribes odoratum (golden currant, clove currant)Ribes aureum... I expect the flowers with their delicious clove fragrance to start opening in the next few days. If you're looking for a shrub with ..read more
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Evenings with a Blue Bird
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2y ago
"Blue Bird" rose of Sharon, that is... ?(Mea culpa... I originally identified the shrub below as 'Blue Satin'. There is a 'Blue Satin' rose of Sharon, but the one I have is called 'Blue Bird', as pointed out by Dottie in her comment below ..read more
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Butterflyweed or Bumblebee weed?
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2y ago
Asclepius tuberosa is commonly known as butterflyweed.But as this photo shows, that might be a misnomer.Check out my video on YouTube for other evidence that "bumblebee weed" might be a better name for this marvelous perennial ..read more
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Penstemon Party
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2y ago
Penstemon digitalisI've been experimenting with using more Penstemons in the garden recently.I grew Penstemon digitalis (foxglove penstemon) in the garden years ago and removed it for reasons that I can no longer recall. I think in those days I might have been obsessed with long bloom cycles and maybe wasn't impressed that P. digitalis bloomed for 'only' a few weeks in the spring?Penstemon ..read more
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Three Shots in the Garden - May 2020 Edition - Carefree Beauty rose, oakleaf hydrangea, smooth phlox
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2y ago
'Carefree Beauty' rose.The rose is truly carefree in terms of being tough and self-sufficient, but......it can get enormous if not cut back and has vicious thorns......so best to take some care when pruning it. ?  Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) flower panicles Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima) in bloom ..read more
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Early spring flowers and foliage -- hyacinths, wild bergamot, hoary mountain mint, redbud buds and more!
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2y ago
Happy 2020. Yes, it's already March, but frankly there was not much that I wanted to document in my Middle Tennessee garden in January or February. Now, though, things have changed. I limbed up some of the volunteer redbuds (Cercis canadensis) this winter. It looks like they should bloom soon. The buds are very pretty. The hyacinths are blooming. On warm, sunny, still days, the ..read more
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Bees and Partridge Peas
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2y ago
Every day, I count my lucky stars when I go into the garden and see the buzzing bumblebees in the partridge peas (Chamaecrista fasciculata). I started with just a few partridge pea seeds - from Kansas Native Plants, I think - and now I have more partridge pea plants than I could count. They do self-seed with abandon, but it's easy to pull any excess volunteers and they're so beautiful and ..read more
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Rose Petty Rules!
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2y ago
Apologies for the wind noise in the video, but the rose petty (Erigeron pulchellus) flower stalks sway so prettily on a blustery day... If you garden in this plant's native range, I highly encourage experimenting with it as a groundcover ..read more
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Happy 2019 and Happy Almost Spring!
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2y ago
Happy 2019!(OK, so it's March, but it's the first blog post of 2019, so I'm sending happy wishes regardless.) As Spring peeks around the corner, I thought I'd send this encouraging photo of a Camellia japonica blossom. You don't see too many camellias around here in Middle Tennessee. They're marginally hardy - susceptible to extreme damage if we have a winter with below-average temperatures ..read more
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