Category Archives: garden

Planting any seeds is the act of hoping for growth and flowers months in the future. Today I planted seeds from my mother’s garden: Angelica gigas (Korean Angelica) via the Longfellow Garden in Minneapolis; and, Astrantia hybrida (masterwort). I also … Continue reading →

Once spring is over some of the plants go dormant. Please include for me Virginia bluebells and wolfs bane which has these bright yellow flowers in the spring.

Here is a record of the peony which bloomed in our yard this spring in May.

We now have many different varieties of hydrangea growing in our yard which is quite shaded by oak, beech, elm, and maple trees. The range of flower form and color delights the eye!

This spring in Philadelphia has been cool and wet which has been wonderful for prolonging the bloom time of azaleas and rhododendrons and other plants. Here are a couple of pictures of what is blooming in the garden right now: … Continue reading →

Winter wolf’s bane is blooming in patches of yellow in the front and back of the house. Winter wolf’s bane is also called winter aconite but that is not nearly so evocative a name. Actually, the full Latin name is … Continue reading →

We don’t have many blooming plants in our garden because we get so much shade. But here are a few of them: monarda, daisies, echinacea, lace-cap hydrangea, bulb lilies, anise hyssop and purple poppy mallow. Most of these plants came … Continue reading →