White Lamium [Nancy] Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 6″ – 8″ Orchid Frost Lamium| Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 6″ – 8″ Catlin’s Giant Ajuga. Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 3″ – 9 “ Black Scallop Ajuga. Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 4″ – 6 “ Angelique Fragrant Begonia Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 8″…
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Plans for a Fragrant Repeat-Blooming Rose Garden – Filled with the Scent of Old Roses – Mixed with Compatible Native Perennials for a Shabby Chic Cottage Garden
Silas Marner Rose Image Credit: David Austin Fragrance: Old Rose Height: 4.5′ Repeat Bloomer Desdemona Rose Image Credit: David Austin Fragrance: Strong Old Rose Height: 4′ Repeat Bloomer Harlow Carr Rose Image Credit: David Austin Fragrance: Old Rose Height: 4′ Repeat Bloomer Image Credit: Zéphirine Drouhin Image Credit: Heirloom Roses Fragrance – Bourbon Rose Fragrance…
A Virtual Tour of New Orleans & Pinpointing Where the Truck Plowed Down Bourbon Street on January 1, 2025
New Orleans is at the bottom-most part of the Mississippi River. I grew up north of New Orleans–in cotton country near that same river. Founded in 1718, New Orleans is an important cultural and historic destination that has become perhaps the greatest party spot in the USA. Sadly, a misguided truck driver tried to end…
Perennial Meadow Pollinator Native Plants + Fragrant Roses + Strawberries Garden Plan
I Am Planting 2 of These Collections in 2025 2 x Joe Pye Weed 2 x Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) 2x Blue Vervain 2 x Aromatic Aster 2 x Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed Aromatic Aster Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 1′-3′ Wild Bergamot Bee Balm Image Credit: American Meadows Height: 2′-4′Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed Image…
Roses Added to My Garden in 2024 and 2025
Lady Banks Rose Image Credit: Heirloom Roses Height: 20′ + Peggy Martin Rose Image Credit: Southern Living Height: 15’+ Grows Quickly Claire Austin Very Fragrant Climber – Up to 12′ Repeat Flowering Thorny David Austin lists Claire Austin as One of the Most Fragrant Roses: I added Claire Austin Rose to My Garden in 2024….
Repeat Flowering Roses – David Austin
Silas Marner Rose Height 3’4′ Old Rose Fragrance Description “An unfussy rose of soft mid pink, the petals are pale on the reverse and fade at the edges creating a gentle quality. Held on red stems, the medium-sized cupped blooms have relaxed, almost ruffled petals which are set around an attractive button eye. There is…
What Is A Cottage Garden? A Cottage Garden Is an Attitude — A Way of Life
What Is A Cottage Garden? In quick response: A Cottage Garden Begins with an Informal Garden But A Cottage Garden Is More than a Garden–It is an Attitude–It is a Way of Life, I have created cottage gardens in several states, and the following characterizes all of my cottage gardens: My Cottage Gardens are Informal…
Free Garden Plan for a Cottage Garden – 10′ x 22′ – What Is a Cottage Garden?
– Image Credit and Design from BHG online This plan adds some boxwoods for winter color and to stabilize the design through the changes of the seasons: A. 3 Boxwood Buxus B. 3 Dame’s Rockets C. 1 Lamb’s Ear D. 4 Cranesbill Geranium E. 1 Penstemon Sour Grapes F. 2 White, Peach-Leaved Bellflower G. 4…
Emily’s Garden – My New Year’s Resolution for My First Grandchild
It’s December 31, and I was busy working on my Resolutions for the New Year, which begins tomorrow. But my heart is aching for my oldest grandchild whose first home was destroyed by a tornado. That happened a couple of days ago, “What can I give her, poor as I am?” “What can I give…
January 1 – Time to Set New Goals – Reach for the Stars – Twelve Days of Christmas Day 8
I have said this before, but the first day of Advent falls on several calendar days. The first day of Advent is the fourth Sunday before Christmas, and the last day of Advent is Christmas Eve, December 25th is the First Day of Christmas — Always, and January 1 is always the 8th Day of…