Fog and hydrangeas get along together very well. These deciduous Chinese shrubs of the saxifrage family have been blooming for most of the summer and are still ornaments of the garden in shade. Before they stop flowering – probably early in the winter – do look into some of the newer forms, as some uncommonly […]
Archives for August 2011
Brain Freeze – Midsummer And Fall Time For Planting Bulbs
It is too easy to forget that midsummer as well as fall is a time for planting bulbs. This is one of the months (August) for putting in the bulbs of Sprekelia formosissima, an amaryllid from Mexico which is known as Aztec lily, St. James lily and Jacobean lily. If your ground is heavy, give […]
August And September Months For Sowing Lupinus Arboreus
August and September are the months For sowing the seeds of various forms of Lupinus arboreus, the yellow-flowered tree or bush lupine which grows wild from central California up into Vancouver Island. There are color forms besides thy yellow; among the loveliest is the blue form. I have seen many good shades of pink, but […]
Southern Gardens Pushed By August Heat
Midsummer heat is always trying on bodies and souls, especially so in the southeastern states where there is sometimes great humidity and more often extended droughts. This means that gardens suffer and much intensive work is needed. Pests Pests should be carefully watched and treated regularly and often with the best and safest spray you […]
Learning To Root Cuttings From The Neighbor Who Knew Nothing About Gardening
I once had a neighbor who claimed she didn’t know a thing about gardening. However, she seemed to make things grow by just sticking them in the ground. Then, by chance, I learned her secret. One day I saw her turn an empty fruit jar over a rose cutting, and I knew. Six months later, […]
What Are The Best Bulbs For Autumn Color
Can you look forward to still another season of colorful flowers when early frosts mow down zinnias, asters and the other annuals in your garden? You can if you have plantings of the hardy bulbs which, set out in late summer, make welcome patches of bloom on crisp October and November days to vie with […]
Loosestrifes
We have chosen the loosestrife, which belongs to the primrose family, as our wild flower of the month. Our common loose-strife, Lysimachia guadrifolia, is a slender, symmetrical flower one to two feet tall. Its lance-shaped leaves are in whorls and its little star-like blossoms are on delicate pedicels at regular intervals along the stem. It […]
How I Started Growing Plants
I came as a bride to a new little bungalow set down in the middle of a barren plot. Even the topsoil had been taken away, The packet of zinnia seeds which I planted hopefully in the hard, gravelly ground came up scantily and then stood still in a dejected row. “If I had just […]
Selecting The Proper Tools for Pruning
Ever try to cut off a limb of a tree with a carpenter’s saw? If the limb was small or dead, you probably didn’t encounter many serious difficulties, but if it, was reasonably good-sized and green you had a tussle on your hands. Better use a pruning saw next time – the job will seem […]
Spectacular Hardy Shrub Dangerously Poisonous – Poison Sumac
It is painful irony indeed that one of the very spectacular hardy shrubs is dangerously poisonous to most people. This is poison sumac, one of the most brilliant native plants of autumn. It possesses a generous amount of the same oil found in poison-ivy and its close relative poison-oak. The scientific name for poison sumac […]
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