Over 30 years ago, the bank and I owned a perfect piece of land that I called my Mississippi Farm. It only had 25 acres, but in my rose-tinted glasses, the place looked perfect. One of the reasons I loved that little space was that it had a huge gully that rendered most of the…
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What Is A Perennial? What Is An Annual? Often, The Lines Blur in Areas that Have Milder Climates
What Is A Perennial? A Perennial is a Plant that Reliably Returns Year after Year. Coneflowers Are Perennials Black-Eyed Susans Are Perennials What Is An Annual? Annuals Only Live One Year. Generally Speaking, They Must be Replanted Each Year. Bachelor Buttons Are Annuals Zinnias Are Annuals Almost all Vegetables Are Annuals In most cases, all…
Black Oil Sunflowers – How to Grow – What You Need to Know
Black Oil Sunflower Jacki Kellum Garden May 19, 2025 Although it is early, my first sunflowers bloomed today. I am delighted to say that I have sunflowers in my garden much earlier than I did last year. Because I kept my bird feeders stocked all winter, I am blessed with early sunflowers. I buy 3…
Understanding the Color Changes in Embroidery and in Painting — To Suggest the Lights and Darks
The Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Project is semi-realistic, and it achieves that degree of realism by its use of layered colors to suggest a degree of shading — to suggest the lights and darks in nature. Notice the Darker Ring Around the Center of the Following Zinnia. Also notice the lightest area at the very center…
Eden Rose –
Eden Rose Climber Blossom Jacki Kellum Garden May 6, 2025 Eden Rose Climber Blossom Jacki Kellum Garden May 9, 2025 “TOP SELLER! Eden Climber® features large, old-fashioned, fully double, 4 1/2″, cupped blooms with 100+ petals. Her blooms are a delightful blend of pastel pinks, creams, and yellows. Eden Climber® is a vigorously growing, disease-resistant…
Desdemona – A Fragrant David Austin Rose
On April 28, the buds on my Desdemona Rose began showing some pale, peachy-pink color–I would call the Desdemona’s hint of color a buff pink. Desdemona Rose Image Credit: David Austin David Austin labels Desdemona as a White Rose, but with a hint of buff pink. Desdemona Rose Image Credit: David Austin Fragrance: Strong…
Love that Rhythmic Blue Hydrangea – Deep Blue Violet Repeat Bloomer – Let’s Dance!
Let’s Dance Rhythmic Blue Hydrangea Jacki Kellum Garden April 28, 2025 Believe it or not, this wonderfully deep, dark, blue violet hydrangea can be equally pink. It all depends upon your soil. Let’s Dance Rhythmic Blue [Pink] Hydrangea in Soil without an Adequate Amount of Aluminum Sulfate Image Credit: Proven Winners I bought my plants…
The Tradition of Flowering the Cross at Easter
Image Credit:Wikipedia “Flowering the cross is a Western Christian tradition practiced at the arrival of Easter, in which worshippers place flowers on the bare wooden cross that was used in the Good Friday liturgy, in order to symbolize “the new life that emerges from Jesus’s death on Good Friday”.[1][2][3] The result is a flowered cross that is set near the chancel for Eastertide.[4][5] History “The Christian custom…
How to Fertilize & Treat Roses for Bugs & Disease – All-in-One Rose & Flower Care 3-in-1
Image Credit: Bioadvanced Rose & Flower Care Allow me to preface this post by acknowledging that I deliberately purchase roses with very few issues with diseases. That being said, I occasionally find Black Spot on a few of my rose leaves, and I admittedly treat the problem with Bioadvanced 3-in-1 Rose & Flower Care. My…
Amethyst Falls Wisteria – The Mannerly, American Wisteria that Blooms the First Year
Image Credit: Biltmore Estate biltmore.com At least 50 years ago, I sat in the shade of the majestically vining wisteria plants that had been trained to cover a pergola at the Biltmore Estate. I had never before experienced anything more enchanting than that, and I vowed that one day I would have my own wisteria-covered…