Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
At the beginning of August, before the summer drought sunk its ragged, unclipped talons deep into the soil, flowers on the taller-than-me stalks of Silphium perfoliatum started to open. The cup plant gets its common name from the way pairs of leaves join at the base, enveloping the stalk to create a cup. The daisy-like […]
Part of the beauty of winter is discovering shapes, textures, colours and relationships in plants that you can’t see in the growing season. Tree trunks growing in weird and wonderful directions. Fat buds waiting to burst. Bronzed coniferous foliage or bright red deciduous branches. The weathered leaf of this Cup Plant (Silphium perforliatum) is […]
County Gardening 