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- 4.Root Rot Attacks our Camellias after Hurricane Isabel
- 4A. Managing Storm Damage in Gardens with Camellias
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Category Archives: spring bloom
The April that Dripped Blossoms
Big and bold, bawdy and brash, positively bodacious. . . . . .they lured me in. I will never complain about a rainy winter again. How rainy was it? you ask. I will tell you how rainy it was. One … Continue reading
Posted in spring bloom, Spring shrubs, Uncategorized
Tagged azaleas, Deutzia, Fothergilla, Hellebore, Lady Banks Rose, Loropetalum, Spireas, Viburnum
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A Practically Perfect Spring
But There is a Catch It’s late May when I begin this piece, and it’s been windy and rainy for seven or eight days. Last I checked we had seven-going-on eight inches in the rain gauge, with more coming in, … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Memories, spring bloom, Uncategorized
Tagged clematis, iris, shrubs, spring bloomers
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The Great Azalea Blowout of 2019
A Big Welcome to a Banner Spring! This sounds like a car dealer’s come-on. But I can’t help it. We’ve gone from soaky sloshy soggy to splashy spectacular in just a couple of months. How wet was it? It was … Continue reading
Posted in azaleas, spring bloom, Uncategorized
Tagged azaleas, planting in clay soil, spring bloom
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Spring Always Catches Me in My Pajamas
Is that you, Spring, Knocking at my Door. . .Already? Could you come back another day, give me a chance to comb my hair? Maybe set a spell, have a glass of tea. . .. Never fails, I spend the … Continue reading
The Winter of Three Degrees Part III
Guerillas in the Garden, or Try not to Throw the Baby out with the Bath Water Let me tell you what did staggeringly well over the winter. Lesser celandine! If you have read my post of March 2012, The Weed … Continue reading
The Winter of Three Degrees Part I of III
Or, Exposure Exposure Exposure. . .And More I can already hear our northern friends laughing. You can’t be wringing your hands over Three Degrees! Three posts devoted to a cold winter! You Southern Softies! Don’t expect us to feel sorry … Continue reading
Posted in spring bloom, Spring shrubs, Uncategorized, Winter damage
Tagged spring bloom, Winter damage
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With Sincerest Apologies to the Daffodils in my Garden
Oh daffodils, sweet daffodils, my sweet sweet daffodils, Wherefore art thou? Fain wouldst I look upon your sunny countenance Daily I seek your bright orbs reflected in mine own imperfect orbs But if thine eye forever be cast down from … Continue reading
Tatters of Winter, Songs of Spring
Sunny Days Slip in Between the Raindrops! Winter took a long time coming this year. In fact, I was so lulled by spectacular fall colors and balmy temperatures that I quite forgot to put the garden to sleep. Then I … Continue reading
Posted in garden maintenance, Native Plants, snow storm, spring bloom, Uncategorized, wildflowers, Winter
Tagged seeds, Wildlife, winter
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A Gardener’s Weather
It’s the middle of March and they are bickering in the heavens again. Move out, you Old Goat, you’re done, finished. Old goat, eh! I’ll show you. Want a blast of wind chill? And some crusty barbs of ice? You—you—you … Continue reading
Posted in Native Plants, spring, spring bloom, Spring shrubs, Uncategorized
Tagged spring flowers, spring shrubs
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Fifty Ways to Lose. . .That Special Plant
Fifty Ways to Lose. . .That Special Plant Maybe not 50, but the couple dozen methods below have been extensively field-tested over a thirty-year period by seasoned experts (the author and fellow gardeners) whose experience and credentials are unshakeable. Let’s … Continue reading
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