We’ve had a spring with extreme cold to extreme rain, and then a sudden switch to extreme heat and humidity. And then, it is repeat again, with a low of 38 degrees last night. The result of lush green growth in the garden is finally beginning to produce an abundance of flowers. I always forget that May is the peak…
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this week’s bouquet
my favorite perennial
It is very hard to pick a favorite perennial when there are so many beauties to choose from. But year after year, I keep coming back to Nepeta. Nepeta is one of those perennials that I am in awe of. The shape is delicate, sweet, and airy. In some light the blossoms look lavender, and sometimes they look blue. It…
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this week’s bouquet
Even though the weather has warmed significantly, there is still not much blooming in my gardens. What I do have though is Dame’s Rocket, or what I usually call wild roadside phlox. I bought a few starts at a flea market several years ago, and let them go to seed. Now I have multiple plants at the back of the…
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this month’s book – patina living
This month’s book is an absolute delight to read and browse. Patina Living is about the farm and gardens of Brooke and Steve Giannetti who live in Ojai, California, about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles. As all good garden books, this one has drawings of the layout of the farm and gardens mixed throughout the book….
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this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet is a sweet little posey made with little yellow daisy-like flowers that come up in the front lawn at the same time as the dandelions bloom. They are really just some type of unidentified weed. But once the lawn is cut for the first time, they are gone, and you’d never know they were even there. Last…
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