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Woody Plants for Shade Part 3
‘Winter’s Joy’ Fall-blooming Hardy Camellia My nursery specializes in herbaceous flowering plants for shade. However, although no shade garden is complete without trees, shrubs, and vines, our local...
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Fall-blooming Camellias Part 3
Unnamed camellia developed by William Ackerman who has hybridized many wonderful fall-blooming camellias for the U.S. National Arboretum. For an article about his camellia introductions, click here....
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November GBBD: Prime Time
I think Disanthus cercidifolius (no common name) has the best fall color of any plant in my garden. It is also in full bloom right now (photo below). It is the middle of the month and time to...
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December GBBD: Past Prime
Every year I make a Christmas wreath using all natural materials from my property. It is the middle of the month and time to participate in Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day hosted by May Dreams Gardens where...
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January GBBD: Hellebores on Parade
I have had this gorgeous double purple hellebore in my garden for several years but it has never bloomed this early. Photo 1/7/12 It is the middle of the month and time to participate in Garden...
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November GBBD: What’s Peaking Now
This Japanese maple, Acer palmatum, of unknown origin broke off in the ice and snow in January 2011. For a photo of it then, click here. It has recovered beautifully with an even more interesting...
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2012 Fall-blooming Camellias
The fall-blooming camellias are flowering in my garden, pictured above is ‘Winter’s Joy’. I planted this camellia last fall, and it bloomed all through our mild winter. This year it is once again...
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December 2012 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
The first of my hybrid hellebores is just about to bloom: Helleborus x ‘Snow White’ (aka ‘Snow Bunting’). I am two days late for the official Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. On the fifteenth of each month...
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Woody Plants for Shade Part 8
My garden reaches one of its peaks when the doublefile viburnum, V. plicatum var. tomentosum, is blooming. It has such a beautiful habit and way of holding its flowers. I am offering the...
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What’s Blooming in Mid-Fall?
‘Limelight’ hydrangea, native blue wood aster, and native brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) shine through October. For me, fall has three seasons, early, middle, and late, and they do not conform to...
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