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Moving Into Summer: GBBD, June 2013

In many places, mid-June is very clearly summer; but in my Maine garden we are just on the cusp of summer. The garden has not yet reached its full flush of early summer blooms, but it is moving in tha… more →

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Moving Into Summer: GBBD, June 2013 — 28 comments

Jean wrote 3 days ago: In many places, mid-June is very clearly summer; but in my Maine garden we are just on the cusp of s … more →

Tags: GBBD, Photo Essays, Seasons, Amsonia, baptisia, bleeding hearts, Geranium, hardy geranium, Iris Sibirica

Love is ... — 2 comments

Brigid Jackson wrote 6 days ago: “Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn … more →

Tags: Flowers, Photography (2), Quotes, succulents, Plants, deviantART, Photography, Succulent, Love

This Week in My Maine Garden — 14 comments

Jean wrote 1 week ago: This week my garden moved steadily toward the big flush of early summer bloom that usually occurs in … more →

Tags: Garden, garden problems, Garden Maintenance, Hemerocallis, Daylilies, hardy geranium, Siberian iris, Amsonia, Linum

This Week in My Garden — 36 comments

Jean wrote 2 weeks ago: Normally I only post an overview of what is happening in my garden once a month, for Garden Bloggers … more →

Tags: Garden, garden problems, Garden Maintenance, Woodchucks, Geranium, hardy geranium, phlox, Siberian iris, Amsonia

spiderwort - tradescantia

Donna's Garden wrote 2 weeks ago: Spiderwort is a weed-like flower in that it casually inserts itself throughout the garden at will; e … more →

Tags: Garden, Flowers, Spiderwort, Purple

Spiderwort: Love it or loathe it? — 4 comments

Gloria Ballard wrote 2 weeks ago: QUESTION: We have clumps of spiderwort popping up all throughout the perennial beds. The little flow … more →

Tags: Perennials, Problem plants, Spiderwort, weedy perennials, blue flowers

up close again — 4 comments

EvaUhu wrote 2 weeks ago: … more →

Tags: General, Blossoms, Close-Up, commelinaceae, Garden, Macro, Nature, petals, Photography

Tradescantia — 1 comment

Amber wrote 1 month ago: Also known as Spiderwort! A recent trip to a nearby creek bank led me to my first finding. I know it … more →

Tags: Garden, Flowers, floral, Nature, Beautiful, Travel, hikinga, Spiderwort, Wild Flowers

DUCK SHOOTING SEASON — 8 comments

kiwiskan wrote 1 month ago: It’s duck shooting season here in New Zealand … and these are the only ducks I’ll … more →

Tags: Photography, Just For Fun, Fun, foliage, Birds, Garden, Ducks, kaipara, New Zealand

Message in a bottle — 2 comments

monptitjardin wrote 1 month ago: O britânico David Latimer decidiu, na Páscoa de 1960 – por pura curiosidade – colocar te … more →

Tags: Jardim, garrafas, David Latimer, jardim em garrafa

My new favourite place in London: the Garden Museum in Lambeth

seasidesweetheart wrote 1 month ago: Back in early February I blogged about an exhibition I intended to visit at the Garden Museum, which … more →

Tags: Flowers, Floral Design, the Garden Museum, Floriculture, Lambeth, John Tradescant, floralia, london museums

sweet kate year after year — 2 comments

jdibersenior wrote 1 month ago: Tradescantia Sweet Kate.  Bright yellow foliage in the sun, Blue flowers in mid may into summer. Thi … more →

Tags: perennial plants, gardening, Native Plants

Spiderwort 'Sweet Kate'

cindydyer wrote 1 month ago: Spiderwort Tradescantia ‘Sweet Kate’, photographed at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden © Ci … more →

Tags: gardening, Photography, Flowers 2, Flower 2, Flower, Garden, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, perennial, Nikkor 105mm micro

3 Quick Examples of Color and Plant Combinations from the Boston Flower & Garden Show

Cathy Testa wrote 3 months ago: Great combination of colors No . 1:  Tradescantia x andersoniana ‘Sweet Kate’ with Daffo … more →

Tags: Perennials, Events, Plants, Nature, garden show, Boston, Hellebore, spring, garden displays

A Bottled Garden, 53 Years Strong — 1 comment

Moss & Fog wrote 4 months ago: It’s hard not to be impressed with David Latimer’s garden-in-a-bottle, which he started … more →

Tags: Documentary Film, Nature, Thoughts, Life, Humor, product, Science, White House, Plant

January Blues — 18 comments

crabtreegardens wrote 5 months ago: The holiday bustle is over and the bills start to arrive faster than the brief bloom of a morning gl … more →

Tags: gardening, nature, organic, gardening, Herbs, Inspirational, Natural Gardens, Morning glory, spreading perennials

A New Year in Jean's Garden — 31 comments

Jean wrote 5 months ago: The year I began Jean’s Garden, the blog, I also created Jean’s Garden, the calendar, a gift idea I … more →

Tags: Photo Essays, Garden Projects, Hemerocallis, Daylilies, Platycodon, hardy geranium, Sedum, rhododendron, Linum

Alphabe Thursday: F is for Favourite Flower Fotos — 16 comments

Ronnie@Hurtledto60 wrote 5 months ago: I’ve been mulling over my 2012 blog posts and the myriad of photographs I have taken over the … more →

Tags: Garden blogging, Garden, Geranium, Alphabe-Thursday, Flower Photography, Scabiosa, AlphabeThursday, michaelmas daisies, scabious

I'm Back! — 3 comments

slimnexus wrote 6 months ago: Wow! It has seriously been quite a while since I last posted. I wanted to bring everybody up to spee … more →

Tags: Hobbies, Aquarium, projects, outdoors, Greenhouse, aquarium, Fish, Plants, goldfish


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