New Plant ID added
by Leslie Cox; Wednesday; June 12, 2024
I have added a new plant ID to the Plants We Grow list under In the Garden – Darmera peltata.
Full description and growing instructions here.
Teaser Tuesday
by Leslie Cox; Tuesday; June 11, 2024
The floral display of Weigela florida ‘Minor Black’ is looking quite delightful nestled amongst Spiraea japonica ‘Goldmound’ on the left, Veronica prostrata ‘Trehane’ lying at its feet and Amsonia tabernaemontana on the right.
Did you know?
by Leslie Cox; Monday; June 10, 2024
Did you know…
…hoverflies are the second most important pollinator after wild bees?
There are an estimated 185 species of hover flies in BC and 6,000 species worldwide. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Quote of the Week
by Leslie Cox; Sunday; June 9, 2024
“A garden should make you feel you’ve entered privileged space –
a place not just set apart but reverberant –
and it seems to me that, to achieve this, the gardener must put
some kind of twist on the existing landscape,
turn its prose into something nearer poetry.”
~ Michael Pollan,
Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
Quote of the Week
by Leslie Cox; Sunday; April 14, 2024
April
An altered look about the hills;
A Tyrian light the village fills;
A wider sunrise in the dawn;
A deeper twilight on the lawn;
A print of a vermilion foot;
A purple finger on the slope;
A flippant fly upon the pane;
A spider at his trade again;
An added strut in chanticleer;
A flower expected everywhere.
~ Emily Dickinson,
Nature: April
