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Here is a dahlia from Donna's garden. This beauty is 7 1/2 inches across!

Are your plants not looking as lush and colorful as you hoped? Make sure you haven't made any of these missteps. By Megan Hughes Updated...

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Here is the pachysandra a member of the library board planted under her tree to solve the grass growing issues there. M. purchased the...

Make way for monarchs and jazz up your garden by growing locally native species Fine Gardening By Benjamin Vogt Issue #200 - June/July...

By Beth Botts, Morton Arboretum Chicago Tribune | May 29, 2021 Spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs should be pruned soon after they...

Storm-runoff gardens can create a beautiful and practical solution By Anne Spafford Fine Gardening - Issue 147 The term “rain garden” is...

Here is a pic of some lovely apple blossoms that Donna has clipped and brought inside to enjoy.

Betty sent us this poem to enjoy: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1803-1882 In May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora...

Our magnolia is about to pop. It’ll be in its glory for about 2 days then drop all of its petals at once. Grape hyacinth, or Muscari....

My neighbor’s magnolia opened. The white violets are up! These guys have survived, so far. Can’t say the same for the pansies in the left...

1] These popped up in the last few days. I think they are squill, but not yet completely open. 2] More and better daffodils. 3] The...

1- The mini irises have popped up seemingly overnight. 2- One crocus this year. I guess the squirrels were busy this winter. Note from...

I guess it’s ok for these guys to be popping up now. The forsythia will be blooming soon. Sometimes referred to as Easter Tree, it is in...

It’s been running for awhile; it finally occurred to me to take a photo. This isn’t my house but the green at Thayer/Christian Hill.

Also known as Galanthus, they are in the amaryllis family. Native to Europe and the Middle East. Here is an article from Yale Peabody's...

Jenny has been doing a little rearranging of flowers these days... Close up or full shot? Some more floral fireworks.... Today’s...

These are the plant label spikes that Jenny whittles and burns out of sticks. We will have bundles for sale in our plant and gardening...

Our neighbor's barn three properties away. I have to admit, I’d love to snoop around in there. It seems like it should have some cool...

1] I don’t have a good climate or space for orchids so a bloom is very exciting. I do have the nice filtered light, but the air is too...