Showing posts with label spicebush swallowtail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spicebush swallowtail. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Plant of the Month: August 2011

Firebush
aka Hummingbird Bush, Firecracker Shrub, Mexican Firebush
Hamelia patens var. glabra (sold as 'Compacta')

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Down the Butterfly Path

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If the path be beautiful, 
let us not question where it leads.
~Anatole France
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Of Order, Diversity, and Madness

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I am no garden planner and that I cannot seem to bring myself to plant in large groupings.  I write on the sidebar over there that my garden style is "cram-as-many-plants-as-possible-into-a-half-acre-lot."  Well, that is about as true a statement as I can make.  I don't believe in putting on airs that aren't there.  This garden is what it is: a reflection of a botanically obsessed, compulsive plant collector.  It is not a garden that will appeal to everyone.  It is a far cry from the self-control of landscape design with its perfectly trimmed shrubs, ideally spaced trees, and huge groupings of colorful annuals.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Plant of the Month: September 2010

Pentas
aka Egyptian Star Flower
Pentas lanceolata

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Garden News Brief

'Enon' Reveals Its Beauty
by Hemer O. Callis

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