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…
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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.” The result is a flowered cross…
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…
Raised Garden Beds for Earlier Planting
Another week remains in March, but it seems like summer outside in my North Mississippi Garden. Tradition tells me that regardless of the temperature, I should postpone planting my garden for at least 3 more weeks, but since I plant in raised beds, common sense tells me that this year I can forego the limitations…
Roses in My Garden 2025
Ballerina Image Credit: Heirloom Roses Date Introduced: 1937 Type: Hybrid Musk Color: Pink/white eye Fragrance: Lightly Fragrant Size: 4′ x 3′ Rebloom: Continual Blooming Disease Resistant Has Thorns “Introduced in 1937, Ballerina is a profusely blooming rose of restrained habit. Expect hundreds of small, 2â€, pink, single blooms with a white eye borne in huge clusters…
Plants that Survived 9° in My Zone 8a Winter Garden & Plants I Added in January
After having lived in New Jersey for several years, I am back in Mississippi, and I am in awe of all my garden plants that were not phased by January’s brutally cold weather. In spite of the fact that the temperature dropped down to 9° this past month, several of my plants are still growing…
What Is A Garden Zone? How to Find Your Garden Zone – Check Again – Garden Zones Have Changed
Yesterday, I discussed Frost Dates. Today, I’m discussing Garden Zones. While you can find both your frost dates and garden zone by submitting your email in a specified place, Garden Zones and Frost Dates are not the same. A conscientious gardener needs to know both his gardening zone and his frost dates. Because of Climate…
What Is A Frost Date? How to Find Your Frost Dates – Distinguishing Between the Degrees of Freezing. & How It Affects Your Garden
Jacki Kellum Garden January 12, 2025 Note all the green plants on this wintry day–well after the first frost, Frost Dates Are Relative What Is a Frost Date? “A frost date is the average date of the last light freeze in spring or the first light freeze in fall. “The classification of freeze temperatures is based on their effect on plants:…
Variegated Iris Pallida – Fragrant Old Plant with Foliage that Adds Interest in Gardens
This has been a cold week, but today, the sun is shining, and the temperature is a degree or two warmer. I received my order of variegated palida iris, and I feel an urge to rush outside and plant these beauties. Variegated Iris Pallida Image Credit: Daylily Nursery Height: 2′ – 3′ Very Old Garden…