(Via Gardening Question of the Day (from The Old Farmer's Almanac))

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-05-31, 19:00:00

My green beans come up with only two leaves, and sometimes no leaves. What's wrong? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

(Via Idaho Gardener)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-05-31, 08:29:59

sheeeeesh. Can’t believe it’s been 12 days since I posted. What HAVE I been doing?

Well, I went a’travelin’ to Sumpter, OR over Memorial Day weekend to a friend’s cabin. And what to my wondering eye should appear, in the woods, the low spot, semi-damp (is that a term?), all hairy and beautiful???????? Ahhhhhh, the clematis hirsutissima in situ. How’s that for talking dirty with the Dirt Diva? Named by Frederick Pursh in the early 1800’s the plant was identified by Lewis and Clark on their expedition and exists today in their herbarium collection.

Anyway, we also identified Grass Widow, wild lupine, dodecatheon (shooting stars) and wild buttercups. Only the lupine, the grass widow and the clematis came into focus.

Post from: Idaho Gardener

wild………about wild flowers

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-05-31, 07:43:00

(Via An Iowa Garden)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-05-31, 05:12:00

Paris is a genus of unusual woodland plants, cousins to trilliums. The genus name doesn't refer to the city, but rather comes from the root word pars , referring to the symmetry of the leaves. The plant pictured, I obtained under the name Paris lancifolia; at first I was dubious about the correctness of this name (and I'm still not certain), for the few pictures I could find showed much thinner (more lanceolate) leaves. However, I have the impression now that plants from the southern reaches of its range in Taiwan have much thinner leaves than those from further north in Sichuan, China, where I assume my plant came from. At any rate, it's a lovely thing, if a bit odd. It stays in "bloom" for a long time, and it's one of those plants that nine out of ten garden visitors will walk right by, but when you point it out, they'll really like it.

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-05-31, 00:21:00