Category Archives: Spring shrubs

The April that Dripped Blossoms

Posted on May 9, 2021 by aheronsgarden

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 →

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In a Hatter’s Mad World There is Escape to a Garden

Posted on April 10, 2020 by aheronsgarden

Of all the quirky grounds I can think of for escaping to a garden – snooping on box turtles, smelling the rain – never would I have listed escaping a pandemic. More specifically, the noise of the fear. I am … Continue reading →

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The Winter of Three Degrees Part I of III

Posted on April 24, 2018 by aheronsgarden

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 →

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A Gardener’s Weather

Posted on April 26, 2017 by aheronsgarden

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 →

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Turtles on the Log, All’s Well with Spring

Posted on April 6, 2014 by aheronsgarden

Greetings from A Heron’s Garden on this, the first glorious spring day of 2014. There’s a brisk breeze, but a kind sun and clear blue skies. I am exuberant. The soil is still cold and water still pools in the … Continue reading →

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Plants for Pennies

Posted on June 7, 2012 by aheronsgarden

It began in earnest many years ago with a Master Gardener class on how to propagate plants by taking stem cuttings. I must have been having a relapse of Empty Nest syndrome then. Oh, the possibilities! Bob the Builder was … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season. . .for Quince to Fall

Posted on October 13, 2011 by aheronsgarden

We never know when the quince are ripe, or if they ever do get ripe. We barely notice them when they first show up as shiny green one-inch balls tight along a leafy branch. After they grow into yellow mini-cannonballs, … Continue reading →

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