Text and photos ©Nancy J. Ondra
Some months, trying to keep up with two blogs is almost more than I can handle. September was so busy over at Gardening Gone Wild, with judging the GGW Picture This Photo Contest and coordinating the Garden Bloggers’ Design Workshop, that I was tempted to rename this blog Gardener Gone AWOL. But now I’m back, and it’s way past time for a new installment of Three Neat Plants. This month, I’m starting small, with a great little bush basil named ‘Pistou’. (more…)
Text and photos ©Nancy J. Ondra
Finally, I’ve gotten a chance to put together some images of what’s blooming now at Linden Hill Gardens in Ottsville, Pennsylvania. There’s a lot going on in the gardens, so I decided not to show the more common annuals and perennials, as pretty as they are; instead, I’m focusing (both figuratively and literally) on some of the more unusual beauties. (more…)
Text and photos ©Nancy J. Ondra
I’m not a huge fan of daylilies (Hemerocallis) in general, but really, who could resist any plant with the name ‘Milk Chocolate’? And what an intriguing color it is: a very milky hot cocoa with a bit of darker maroon and a yellow throat, creating all kind of exciting possibilites for combinations. I currently have it against ‘Grace’ smokebush (Cotinus), which actually isn’t a great choice, because the colors of the daylily’s flowers and the shrub’s new foliage are very similar.
Text and photos ©Nancy J. Ondra
Signs of spring are being disappointingly slow to show up in my part of Pennsylvania, but no matter: I still have plenty of archived photos of cool plants to paw through. This edition of Three Neat Plants features three cold-tender foliage beauties. It’s way too early to think about planting them outdoors but not too early to think about ordering them for later planting. All three of these cool plants grow fine for me in full sun and average, well-drained soil.
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Text and photos ©Nancy J. Ondra
It’s time for another exciting edition of Three Neat Plants (not to be confused with the three “desert island” plants I blogged about over at Gardening Gone Wild a few days ago). Here at Hayefield, Neat Plants don’t need to be pretty, practical, multi-seasonal, or in any other way especially gardenworthy; they just have to be interesting. It so happens, though, that all three of today’s picks are good-looking as well as out of the ordinary. (more…)
