http://gardenblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:52:04 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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 Aconitum, in the family of Ranuncalaceae, has about 120 species. 9.17.08 The common monkshood, also known as wolfsbane, devil's helmet or blue rocket, has been in my garden since last September. 10.6.08 I could not remember how many I planted... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/aconitum-monksh.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/aconitum-monksh.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:56 -0500 Calendula, (pot marigold) receives a distinction of being the most colorful herb in the garden and also 2008 herb of the year by the International Herb Association. It belongs in the daisy family (Asteraceae), genus calendula, which has about 20... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-most-colorf.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/10/the-most-colorf.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:38:24 -0500 "I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free." ... Charles Dickens. I love butterflies -- 10.2.02 and all things 'butterfly-related'. The whirling butterfly flowers are smaller than the smallest of butterflies seen in my garden, but they... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/the-whirling-bu.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/the-whirling-bu.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:36:16 -0500 "Strength of character, sincerity, generosity, natural grace" are the meanings of gladiolus. Gladiolus (plural is gladioli, gladioluses or sometime gladiolas, according to Wikipedia) belongs in the iris family (Iridaceae), with more than 250 species in the genus. Gladiolus is one... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/gladiolus.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/gladiolus.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:10:08 -0500 The first time I saw burnet at the local nursery -- three years ago, I just knew that I had to have it. My burnet is alive and well, getting taller each year at the same spot in my front... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/burnet-sanguiso.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/burnet-sanguiso.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:31 -0500 Autumn will arrive at 5.18 pm today, but my autumn crocuses ( plural also crocus or croci ) made their entrance more than 2 weeks ago. Some years they bloom a few weeks later. 10.8.08 They are called naked ladies... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/autumn-crocus-o.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/autumn-crocus-o.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:22:39 -0500 Sweet pea is not edible, even though the pea pod looks similar to regular pea pods. 7.29.08 It is an ornamental, climbing annual plant with fragrant, delicate-looking flowers. 7.15.08 This year the sweet peas in my front garden were... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/sweet-sweet-pea.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/sweet-sweet-pea.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:29:05 -0500 I planted two red valerian plants, also called Jupiter's beard, back in early June and paid very little attention to them. I should have cut down some sprawling branches and flower stems after the initial flowering to promote continuous blooming.... http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/jupiters-beard.html http://gardenblog.projo.com/2009/09/jupiters-beard.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:47:30 -0500