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This Queen Has A Very Red Face!

Posted in Annuals, Butterfly Attracting plants, Colorful foliage, Cut Flowers., Mass Plantings, North American Plants, Specimens, tagged 'Queen Victoria' Lobelia, August blooming, autumn color, Autumn flowers, colorful foliage, colorful leaves, Government House, Lobelia cardinalis, Lobelia fulgens, Lobelia x 'Queen Victoria', October blooming, red flowers, red foliage, red leaves, September blooming on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Some plants we see are boring because we see them so much in garden, others take us by surprise and we ask ourselves if it’s real. Other plants remind us of other plants but their form or flower is not quite right to be that plant. Many plants that are related bear similar flowers or [...]

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Semi-Cactus, Collarette and Decorative Dahlias.

Posted in Annuals, Butterfly Attracting plants, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, Historic Plants, Mass Plantings, Specimens, tagged Anemone Flowered Dahlias, August flowers, ball flowered Dahlias, bi-colored flowers, Cactus flowered Dahlias, Collorette Dahlias, colorful foliage, Dahlia, decorative flowered Dahlias, formal flowered Dahlias, Glendale Gardens, informal flowered decorative Dahlias, Mauve Flowers, October flowers, Orange flowers, Orchid flowered Dahlias, Peony flowered Dahlias, pink flowers, pompon flowered Dahlias, purple flowers, red flowers, Semi-Cactus flowered Dahlias, semi-double flowered Dahlias, September flowers, stellar flowered Dahlias, waterlily flowered Dahlias, white flowers, yellow flowers on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The muted colors of the autumn season will soon be upon us, the plants are beginning to look tired from the long hot summer. The end of the season brings on a slow decline. It is harvest time, the moon is big and the crops are high and full of ripeness. Certain plants remind me of this [...]

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On the Tropaeolum Trail.

Posted in Annuals, Butterfly Attracting plants, Climbing/Vining Plants, Cut Flowers., Drought Tolerant, groundcovers, Mass Plantings, tagged annuals, August blooming, children's flower gardens, cream flowers, edible flowers, edible leaves, fragrant flowers, fragrant foliage, groundcovers, July blooming, Long blooming, mahogany flowers, Nasturtiums, Orange flowers, pale yellow flowers, peach colored flowers, pink flowers, red flowers, scarlet flowers, September blooming, Tropaeolum majus, yellow flowers on August 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »

When I was small we would go for walks with our mother in the neighborhood and stop and look at the gardens, some were interesting others where more playful and some just a plain messy. You could tell the ones who liked kids by the plants they often chose, fun ones like squashes, scarlet runner beans, and [...]

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