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6:00 AM

The Iris Are Here!

I dearly love iris!  They are my favorite flower, so I am always anxious for spring to come.  Two weeks ago, my white cemetery iris bloomed.  Then, this past week, the others started to come forth. I am terrible at remembering plant names, but this one is a batik variety with interesting veining.  It is the firs…
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6:00 AM

New Additions to the Garden

In yesterday's post, I mentioned some plants I had added to the garden.  Here are some photos. I added Thrift (Creeping Phlox) to the flower bed on the east side of the walk to match the one on the west side. I added two clumps of dianthus to bring in some lovely pink color. I planted this Litho…
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12:08 PM

Gardener's Journal: April 13, 2014

Keeping a gardening journal is an excellent way to record events in the garden, such as bloom times, weather patterns, and plant performance.  I have decided to record these entries on Sundays, since the majority of my gardening occurs on the weekends and Sunday will be a good day to wrap up everything that happened i…
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6:00 AM

Camellia sasanqua

There is a very large, presumably very old, Camellia sasanqua planted on the northeast corner of my carport.  I do not know the name of the variety but it is unusual in that it has fragrance.  It blooms around this time every year but this year it has been exceptionally pretty. The shrub is trimmed into a…
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5:52 AM

Spring Blooms

Spring is in the air and the garden is blooming.  There is a very large, very old camellia japonica planted at the back of the carport.  I do not know the variety but it has been blooming for several months, as camellias are wont to do. Another early bloomer, hellebore, can be found by the front porch. The …
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6:00 AM

January Gardening Tasks

January has always conjured the idea of rest to me.  The holidays are over, the weather is usually cold, and all I want to do is cuddle on the couch under a blanket.  However, the growing season is long in the South.  The daffodils will start blooming in mid-February and once they start, spring is not far away.  Th…
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6:00 AM

Alternative Vegetable Gardening

My Square Foot Garden Last Year I love to grow things, both food and ornamental.  I grew up living next to my maternal grandparents.  Grandad grew 1-1/2 acres of food every spring and summer and I could usually be found, tagging after him, barefoot, in the freshly plowed soil.  I would help him plant seeds, hoe …
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