Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Clematis texensis, the species vine, is native to Texas, specifically, the Edwards Plateau in the middle of the state. The ‘Gravetye Beauty’ hybrid was bred in France and introduced in 1914; here’s a smashing article about it if you’re interested, in which you might read that the adjective ‘smashing’ has also been used to describe […]
Keeled garlic, witch’s garlic, Allium carinatum, is the last of the alliums to bloom in my garden. Native to much of Europe, it’s quite unobtrusive when the flower atop it’s nearly two foot (60 cm) stem is seen in isolation. But when allowed to self seed, it can form a quite fabulous drift of mauve […]
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