http://gardenblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:32 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This past summer I was introduced to a new species of licorice plants (in the genus helichrysum, family Asteraceae, with hundreds of species). They were planted as a low-growing groundcover along both sides of my front walk, partially covered by... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/licorice-plant.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/licorice-plant.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:32 -0500 The beautyberry is a relatively new shrub for me. I bought it from a local nursery in the early fall of 2007 after seeing the very unusual purple berries on the arching stems. I was told that the berries would... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/american-beauty.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/american-beauty.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:52:16 -0500 Daisies are very popular white flowers in the family Asteraceae, with yellow centers that attract bees and butterflies. Most of us think of Shasta daisies when we use the term daisies; they bloom in the spring and summer; some re-bloom... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/daisies---for-s.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/daisies---for-s.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:43:45 -0500 It was the fall of 1989. While driving to Norwich, Conn., I saw beautiful, massive, red bushes along stretches of highway. I decided that I would like to have one. A single, small burning bush was planted in the partly... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/the-burning-bus.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/the-burning-bus.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:17:23 -0500 Silene was introduced to me in the spring of 2008. They were planted in the sunny area in my front garden, close to the ice plant, as a ground cover. 6.20.08 Silene flowers are very small, light and dainty-looking. The... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/silene-the-litt.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/silene-the-litt.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:15:09 -0500 I took the picture of this yellow rose on a sunny afternoon, just yesterday. It's probably my last rose of the year. There are fewer and fewer roses blooming in my garden as the temperature drops to low 40s.. .then... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/the-last-rose.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/the-last-rose.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:13:27 -0500 Sedum is one of the herbaceous perennial flowering plants that requires zero care or maintenance. They are drought tolerant, supported by the nature of their succulent foliage. 9.24.06 Sedum is a very large genus of about 600 species in the... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/autumn-joy-sedu.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/autumn-joy-sedu.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:28:30 -0500 Chrysanthemums are the most popular plants sold between August and November. 11.6.09 Chrysanthemums or the hardy mums contribute to varieties of colors in the garden more than any other flowering plants in the fall. 10.14.08 Chrysanthemum is a name of... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/all-the-things.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/all-the-things.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:43:41 -0500 Gaillardia is in the same family as daisies and sunflowers (Asteraceae). It was named after M.Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate. I do not always have gaillardias in my garden every single year. However this past spring I planted... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/gaillardia-blan.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/11/gaillardia-blan.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:52:04 -0500 Aster, a flowering perennial in the Asteraceae family, is very hardy and almost care-free. 10.30.09 I have had mine in the front garden for many years and I can count on them to come back every year. 9.22.06 The flowers... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/asters-the-flow.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/asters-the-flow.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:02 -0500 Zinnia is a genus of flowering plants named after a German botanist and physicist, Jahann Zinn (1727 -1759), and referred by Julia Brittain in The Plant Lover's Companion as "flamboyant Mexican flowers"; yet this beautiful flower has never received enough... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/zinnia-doesnt-g.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/zinnia-doesnt-g.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:54:06 -0500 Celosia, a tender annual, is supposed to be about 1 to 3 feet tall. 8/05 The celosia in my yard is way beyond 6 feet already... and this is the third generation of celosia from the single plant I purchased... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/my-towering-cel.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/my-towering-cel.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:50:24 -0500 Osteospemum belongs in the Asteraceae family, which includes the sunflowers (helianthus) and blanket flowers (gaillardia). They have been part of my annual flower garden for many years. The daisy-like flowers have disc florets and ray florets. The beautiful blueness on... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/blue-eyed-daisy.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/blue-eyed-daisy.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:57:56 -0500 "Up, up and away... would you like to ride in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon..." the lyric from the Fifth Dimension's hit by Jimmy Webb came to mind almost every time I look at the blue balloon flowers before they... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/my-beautiful-my.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/my-beautiful-my.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:38:23 -0500 I was surprised to read the following, "To say that the Japanese Anemone is one of the best fall flowers would be an understatement -- it is the best. Here is a plant and flower with real charm, refinement,... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/japanese-anemon.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/japanese-anemon.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:00:32 -0500