Blogs about: Shade Plants
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Perennials: Leopards Bane
Leopards Bane is a good perennial for part shade: it should now be in bloom! More infos: http://j.mp/LqH331… more →
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Strawberry Geranium - Not at All What You Think
wrote 6 hours ago: Strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera) is an excellent example of how common names can mislead. … more →
trillium
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wrote 1 day ago: a gardening friend shared a small piece of trillium with me when i first joined a garden club … more →
Selecting Plants That Grow - Encore Expert Advice
wrote 6 days ago: ENCORE! Tom Smarr, now Director of Horticulture at the High Line in New York City, offers timeless … more →
Classes May 19 - 21, 2013
wrote 6 days ago: The Buzz About Bees, Sarah P. Duke Gardens, May 19, 2013, 2-4pm Join a Durham Extension Master Garde … more →
Plants at Your Fingertips!
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wrote 1 week ago: Planted table ready to go Planted Furniture for the Patio I went to a cocktail party at a plant love … more →
Iris confusa a.k.a. Bamboo Iris - one of my absolute Top Ten garden picks for spring!
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wrote 1 week ago: And almost any other time as well, for that matter… Of all the worthy possibilities out there, … more →
Primula 'veris shades'
wrote 2 weeks ago: Primula ‘veris shades’ blooming now in the shade garden, the beautiful red, orange and y … more →
A Day With Dad
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A Day With Dad For a few weeks now, my father has been calling me up to “make his place look nice wi … more →
Pulmonaria
wrote 2 weeks ago: Pulmonaria sp. or Lunworts are a lovely group of ground cover perennials for shade or part sun. Wha … more →
The shade list
wrote 2 weeks ago: This year has forced me to bust out the shade list: annuals in the store that can tolerate little su … more →
mayapple
wrote 2 weeks ago: there is a thrill of watching my mayapple spring from the ground each spring. a fellow … more →
2013.04.28
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wrote 3 weeks ago: 2013.04.28 Sunday. Noted in the far back yard: Violets under the silver maple. My camera cannot repr … more →
When you last saw a cow's tongue
wrote 3 weeks ago: Siberian Bugloss literally means ox tongue from Siberia. How funny is that. Botanical people are so … more →
Epimedium
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Last fall Grace and I exchanged plants. I gave her Lady’s Mantle and she gave me epimedium. … more →
Shopping at a Nursery for Plants {Dearness Gardens}
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wrote 4 weeks ago: I wanted to be 2 things as a child: interior designer and landscape architect. I apprenticed with a … more →
2013.04.15
wrote 1 month ago: 2013.04.15 Monday. Damp, chilly, as if about to rain all day. Brrr. I ventured out only to take pict … more →
Native Plant Sale
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wrote 1 month ago: Native Plant Sale first 2 weekends in May: May 4 and 5th and also May 11 and 12th, 2013 at 424 Cente … more →
Garden Snippet: Dicentra spectabilis- bleeding heart
wrote 1 month ago: My mom always had Bleeding Hearts in her garden (still does) when I was growing up. However, I never … more →
Shade glorious shade
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wrote 2 months ago: When I first arrived at my present garden I was dismayed to see that the whole right hand side of my … more →
