UP and DOWN planters with plants coming out top and bottom don’t do well with tomatoes despite advertisement. A Wandering Jew vine is having a try at it this year. Photos
Category Archives: Flowers
Six Little Hollyhocks All in a Row
Young Hollyhock plants freshly planted and ready for summer. They have their toes nested in worm castings from the vermicomposting project. The first in documentation of establishing a hollyhock bed.
The Peonies are Next for the Spring Flower Parade
Our peonies are the very old-fashioned ones. We have three colors of pink, but not a really dark ruby one that was always a favorite at my childhood home. The Peonies page at The Legacy Garden’s website has been updated this week
Winter Plans for Indoor/Outdoor Plants
There were just a few too many plants that wanted to come inside for protection from even the sorta mild Ozarks winter. I had to give in.
Here Comes Da Frost!
The day has come for FROST and the end of the garden and the flowers. A few plants are going to try living inside for the winter. If they can just stay alive for the next 4-5 months, we will have some grand stuff in the shade garden again.
Goin’ Native for Containers on the Deck
Until they fell victim to ‘chain fatigue’, I had two pretty pots of native plants hanging on the deck where more domesticated plants have never done well.
White and Tough — Necessary for My Ozarks Container Flowers
White and Tough — Necessary for My Ozarks Container Flowers We’re now in the midst of an autumn dry spell and the wax begonias haven’t been watered for almost 2 weeks. They seem to thrive on the dew. Boy, I need tough plants like that.
“Off with Their Heads.” said the Marigolds’ Queen
Friday, at the market, a box of Inca Gold marigolds (the big ones) kept singing to me, till I picked them up and brought them home. I have a red/rust colored house, lots of fire in the color, which leads me to usually choose white for my pots. But that dark gold color waved its…
