Have you ever got a gift that you wanted to regift? Well, I am so lucky that I like to keep mine! Often my family will give me plants as a present for birthdays or Christmas and I love...
Category: Flora
This was a case of having to, not wanting to. Well, many a little want to in there as well. The maple trees were taking over the yard. Okay... well maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration but...
My fondest memories of the dogwood trees were searching for the flowers every spring. They came out in bloom in April and May around the same time as the bleeding hearts, trilliums and viola could...
Standing straight and tall with his roots above ground is the rebel. Not for him to have his nether parts safely under the ground and out of sight. Not for him the norm of splaying his roots to...
Sometimes what's on the inside is even more glorious than the out. As with this tulip that I photographed as the sun was shining through it. Making the petals almost seem transparent. The...
This luscious little beauty is called a Halo Violet. Well actually it has a few names - Viola cornuta 'Halo Violet' (Horned Violet) to name a few. The gardening books say it's a compact...