My yard will be awash in yellow for the next few weeks, surpassing May, with its scores of daffodils, and even June, before its thousands of dandelions turn to fluff. It’s the season for goldenrod, now starting to bloom around the yard edges and in every unmowed ditch or corner, and more ostentatious yet, a […]
Tag: floral Friday
My Strawflower Shrub
Xerochrysum bracteatum, aka strawflowers, aren’t shrubs, of course, but the one I have growing in my kitchen garden right now sure thinks it is! I’ve started them from seed the past few years but this spring they didn’t make the cut, given my reduced indoor growing space due to new, very curious cats in the […]
Two Weeks in July: Tinilco Asiatic Lily
My Tinilco lilies are finally giving us a show.
My Four Roses
I have four rose bushes…