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The return of lilac spoons

4:33 PM Thu, Sep 30, 2010 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Lilac spoons (Osteospermum hybrid) in my front garden came to life after a long dormant period through most of the summer days. 9.11.10 Lilac spoon (with Torenia and ageratum) New buds appeared a few weeks ago on one of the......

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Raindrops on flowers

12:37 PM Mon, Sep 27, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

I love rainy, cool days -- a day just like today. 9.27.10 - Celosia I love to photograph flowers with raindrops. 9.27.10 My first blog entry about a rainy day dated back to the spring of 2008. I vaguely remember......

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My first yellow autumn crocus, Sternbergia lutea

1:17 PM Sun, Sep 26, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Several bulbs of yellow autumn crocus were planted last fall in both my front and back gardens. The first single yellow flower opened up a few days ago and I realized that I had not noticed the long, slender, thick,......

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New white autumn crocuses are double

2:31 PM Sat, Sep 25, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Autumn has arrived and my new white crocuses (Colchicum autumnale alboplenum) are in bloom. 9.23.10 9.21.10 They started blooming a few days ago..   9.6.10 The old purple autumn crocuses, blooming for several weeks ...   9.22.10 ... have lost......

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Morning glory

6:34 PM Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (5)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Morning glory is one of the first flowering plants I had in my garden in 1988. I remember growing the first group of morning glory from strewn seeds and they self-seed year after year. There are more than 1,000 species......

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Marsh marigold, Caltha palustris

4:33 PM Fri, Sep 17, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Common marigold, tagetes in the family Asteraceae (Sunflower) has been among my annual flowering plants in the past. I still welcome calendulas, from the same family, to my garden every year. 8.27.02 Marsh marigold is new to me. It......

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Passiflora 'Incense'

10:50 PM Sat, Sep 11, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (7)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

Passion flower vine is part of my childhood memories, as I grew up in tropical Southeast Asia. It has been part of my garden off and on for the past twenty years, mostly grown in containers and placed in the......

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'Wildcat Blue' Anagallis

8:10 PM Tue, Sep 07, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (4)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

I practically stumbled on to this low-growing, creeping plant with beautiful blue flowers just a few months ago. 6.24.10 I am rather partial to blue flowers, light or dark, annuals or perennials. 6.27.10 Being fully aware that I don't have......

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The Golden Amazing Egg Tree, an update

1:43 PM Sun, Sep 05, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

I was away for a week, not only I missed Earl that spared Rhode Island another disaster, but also the turning of the color from white to yellow of the second egg-tree eggplant. 9.5.10 The color of the first egg......

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Golden Amazing Egg Tree, Solanum melongena 'Ovigerum'

12:37 PM Sun, Sep 05, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (6)
By Pat Feinstein    Email

I ordered this unusual plant in early May via Amazon.com. It came as a tiny plant in a 3-inch plastic container. It was planted near the rhododendron by my front walk and I patiently watched it grow. The plant......

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