After I compiled my list of “favorite things,” I realized that I had omitted several plants that I […]
Category Archive: Plants
As gardens age, shady conditions take over. Where once you were gardening in full sun, you find now […]
Periodic reassessment of the garden is a necessary gardening task. Gardens change over time – and so do gardeners. Our tastes become more varied, plants fizzle out, what once charmed us no longer does, and we suddenly get interested in plants we never thought about in the past. Continue reading on The Local Reporter...
July is the month when my attention turns to crapemyrtles. These sun-loving trees manage to put forth a […]
Plants send their children out into the world equipping them with wings or parachutes to catch a breeze, […]
Let me introduce my latest fascination — Echinacea x hybrida ‘Red Ombre.’ I know what you’re thinking: What […]
When Kit first began to garden, she was only interested in those plants that made a big statement, […]
We gardeners sometimes think way too much in terms of flowers when, perhaps, we should instead concentrate more […]
Recently, Kit has been marveling over the complexities of the common daisy. Daisies belong to the family Asteraceae, […]
A packet of seeds, meant to catch my eye, arrived in the mail. A seed company in a faraway state, trying to get my business, wants me to look at their catalog. Its strategy backfired. I’m not happy with the little gift; in fact, I’m rather huffy about it. Continue reading on the Elkin Tribune...