Organic gardener growing food and flowers, lovin' pollinators and birds.

Flowering Maple, or Abutilon, is an annual that I overwinter indoors and sporadically rewards me with flowers. (It blooms more steadily ...
Here's a beautiful "new to me" variety of amaryllis called 'Double Dragon'. I purchased and potted this bulb up i...
This unique looking plant gets the name Lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) not because of the open flowers, but because of the way...
Thanksgiving cacti (Schlumbergera truncata) and Christmas cacti (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) are two plants with often mistaken identities bec...
One of my New Year's resolutions is to bring Floral Friday back to my blog. In past years, I heavily documented what was blooming on...
The snowdrops are beginning to appear in the back and front gardens. This petite harbinger of spring has grown in popularity over the y...
There's more snow covering the garden outside, but life is pretty colorful indoors. You might notice a few new additions, such as tha...
Blooming now in my houseplant haven is 'Temptation' amaryllis. This is my first time growing this variety and it is a stunner! I ...
It's the perfect time to start going through garden catalogs and dreaming of which roses to grow in your summer garden. On my wish ...
Proof that spring is coming: Today the Hamamelis vernalis 'Purpurea' (witch hazel) started to bloom. This is the first time that ...
Nothing could prepare me for the height that 'Islander' dahlia would reach this summer! The strong, sturdy stems were taller t...
This Rose of Sharon was a stowaway plant. I never intended to buy it. It hitchhiked its way into my garden by seed by way of another c...
Say hello to 'Queeny Lime Orange' zinnia, this week's #FloralFriday pick and an 2018 AAS Flower Winner that I fell in love wi...
Becky Shasta Daisy stands tall to summer storms and is a highlight of the front garden.
Endless Summer Hydrangea is a reliable bloomer in my front garden.
After the spring bulbs have finished blooming in May, there's a couple weeks in June where the majority of the garden is green and ge...
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