The consensus is that the Atlanta area is botanically 2 weeks behind the normal for blooms this year. In many ways that is a positive because the early blooms do get zapped by frost so this gentle, cool spring is keeping things in check. On the other hand most folks are rather sick of cool [...]
This is my next ‘must have’ shrub and I do know where to find it. The edgeworthia is an open shrub that seems to be quite small and not unlike a callicarpa in form. The flowers though are quite something. We are all familiar with witch hazels that bloom in winter, and the casual but [...]
This has been an interesting week. A garden club requested my knot garden talk. This is one of my favorite talks that sadly, rarely gets requested. We do a quick romp through medieval English history and gardens.
I have always had problem with the term ‘open’ and ‘closed’ knots. There are several definitions that I have [...]
I took a little tour around the garden today. We had another round of all day rain and cool temperatures. Everything is looking soggy but the lavender has definately suffered. The rosemary is not looking much better though. It will take a month or more before I really know whether the rosemary is going to [...]
Last year I planted the cool weather vegetables way too late. I was still in northern thinking maybe, but planting cabbage in April led to whitefly by mid May. Not a very successful year cabbage-wise. So this year I am starting just a few seeds – no I do not need 10 seeds per cell [...]
There is something about the first flower in the garden that is special. It gives just a hint of what is to come in the next few months. The crocus seem to be nowhere one day and in bloom the next. They brave dark cloudy days, deluges of early spring storms, not to mention icy [...]
The first week in the new year is something that I have always enjoyed. It is a great time to go into the garden and start planning. It seems like the latter part of the year is a wind down in the garden, but once the new year has started the planning can begin again. [...]
Well it had to happen – a real winter finally hit the south and my almost zone 7b turned coat on me and let me know otherwise.
The problems with knowing that something is too tender for your area, is that when you see it marketed or sold in a local nursery, you give it the [...]
Busy start to the day – two radio shows to do, both live. At 10am we are discussing using locally available produce for season and holdiay recipes. Listen to Personal Chef Tony Carollo (http://mychefsite.com/globalchefservice) give some great recipes to try.
At 11am the largest poisettia farm in the country is the guest on The Master Gardener [...]
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I am in England visiting my mother, and today we played in the garden. I raked leaves and put in bulbs, plus some gilliflowers aka wallflowers.
The soil is dark, but was not dark enough, so we put some compost onto the whole area to give some extra nutrients.
Had some great conversations with some nursery [...]