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It was Lilah's suggestion when she first saw the sea of pink peony poppies (voted Most Flirtatious) in full bloom in the Cutting Garden that I do a Superlatives post. Since I spent high school trying to escape detection, I never properly appreciated ...

Once again it's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (hosted as always by gracious Carol of May Dreams Gardens) and since it's June it would probably be easier to show what's not in bloom - but I would never do that to you. Around here you don't even need your ...

We scheme and we plan and we cross our fingers and we hope for a succession of blooms and then when everything blooms at once we say "Oh -- Wow."  There's a brilliant carpet of daffodils still - if you squint a little it's possible to imagine that ...

Last night's rain may have made a few of the daffodils face-plant but it brought out that delicious fragrance of spring that put the visual beauty almost in the background.  Almost.  I would have closed my eyes - I did for a minute maybe - but ...

The other day Gail brought in the new terrarium book  - which happens to be called The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin.  I haven't read a word of it yet but Kindra Clineff's photos set off a whole new ...

When I first started at Blithewold I wasn't the biggest fan of heliotrope.  It's been a Rose Garden staple since way before my time, and I developed an almost instant aversion to it.  I found the fragrance to be so rich and sweet that it felt to me ...

Our seed orders have started to come in!   I discovered though that I have to offer an official retraction of a snarky complaint in this post about Select Seeds' shipping charges.  Well, obviously, I read the wrong shipping chart and we sent in the ...

I have always loved Groundhog's Day (the actual day more than the movie) because, whether Phil sees his shadow (he did this morning) or not, it signifies to me that spring is on its way - a mere 6 weeks away!  I have to admit though that in the last ...

The entire horticultural staff went to the first of our winter conferences this week.  I can really only speak for myself, but I think we get a lot out of these outings.  Not only did we get to pal around with Layanee from Ledge and Gardens and ...

We're bracing for a chilly visitor coming this week from the Great Lakes and although we're not exactly rolling out the red carpet for her, we're stocking the cupboards and making sure there's plenty of cocoa on hand.  When we're told that the ...