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THE REAL DIRT ON PREPARING YOUR SPRING GARDEN
March 25, 2018
Last weekend in Westport, CT I attended one of Terrain’s Coffee and Conversation Events: Preparing the Spring Garden. I was there to get the real “dirt” on how to prepare my garden. Angela Truck, who is their Exterior Design Specialist, lead the conversation. As I have found from the other Coffee and Conversations, she has a wealth of knowledge and information. I learn something new every ti...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: PURPLE HAZE PERFUME PASSION FLOWER
March 23, 2018
Passion flowers unique structures co-evolved with specific pollinators, often requiring that pollinator for successful seed development. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: ALL THROUGH THE LONG WINTER
March 19, 2018
MY TWO CENTS All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar…I have a feeling with the cold, snowy weather of late, that I will not be able to dig my fingers into the earth as it won’t be so soft. But I will look forward to the next day, close thereafter, to be able to do so. I...
Read MoreBUTTERFLIES FLUTTERING ABOUT
March 18, 2018
In early March, I visited the Desert Botanical Garden (DBG) to see the Open Air Native Butterfly Exhibit. The only caveat was that it was 52ºF (11ºC) and butterflies don’t fly unless it’s 60ºF (15ºC) or warmer. As disappointing as that was, there was still much to see, learn about, and enjoy. And fortunately, there were a few rogue butterflies fluttering about even in the cooler desert wea...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: TANGERINE BEAUTY CROSS VINE
March 16, 2018
A cross section of stem reveals a marking resembling the Greek cross, hence the common name: cross vine. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE BUTTERFLY IS A FLYING FLOWER
March 12, 2018
MY TWO CENTS The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly… I see this featured flower above, Flight of Butterflies Iris, as a tethered flower. Its petals move as if it could take flight any second. And how delightful and wondrous is this quote, to see the butterfly as a flying flower and to see the flower as a butterfly about to take flight; it makes me see flowers differen...
Read MoreTHE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
March 11, 2018
Do you associate the clover with St. Patrick's Day as much as I do: the luck of the Irish, the four-leaf clover? Did you know that clovers produce delicate flowers, one being the Pink Flowering Oxalis (featured at the top of the post)? I never associated flowers with clovers until I stumbled upon this sweet pink one at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona. Do you associate the clover wit...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: KOHLERIA
March 09, 2018
Kohlerias were very popular in Europe in the 19th century due to their colorful and exotic appearance and appeared in many horticultural magazines. Unfortunately, they almost entirely disappeared in the early 20th century, but are now making a comeback. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowe...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU
March 05, 2018
MY TWO CENTS "May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand."… I have heard this blessing many times and have always appreciated it. It’s a very thoughtful quote from the person saying it to the person it’s bestowed up...
Read MoreA HOSTESS GIFT
March 04, 2018
I have read, that when giving fresh cut flowers as a hostess gift, they should be given in a vase. At first when I read this, I was a little taken aback: I have to buy a vase too?!? Then I started to think of the course of events when I arrive at someone else’s home with a bouquet of blooms. I have found they are not always received in the most welcomed of ways. The hostess usually (at least I k...
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