The easiest thing to remember is: hey, don’t worry, because this will never come up. Trilliums are well dormant before Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) becomes interesting, and most people don’t go around dividing trilliums (you totally can though* – do it when you can find them, when they are in flower. […]
I don’t know why I struggled with these two for so many years. Magical and soothing as they are, I think a lot of us mainly see ferns as different from flowers or trees–best viewed as an indistinct group. Oaks and maples and pine trees and birches are so distinct […]
Continuing to dive into the topic of fern and fern identification, since we are surrounded by them here. Knowing them better would help me know how best to use them, what circumstances they like or don’t like. Often that’s just observation – you see a fern growing near wild geraniums […]
Time for a sloppy dive into What’s That Fern? First, some terms that might be helpful: Frond: full structure from the ground up. Stipe: the “stem” or “stalk” on the frond that stretches from the ground to the “leaves” or pinnae (below). Petiole is sometimes used, as it is in […]
When we were looking at this house and walking through the 4.4 acres of “eclectic” conditions (wetland, dry infertile areas, clay soil, sandy soil, full sun in some areas, surrounded by woodland, bunch of boulders pushed around by glacial force and the whims of the builders) we walked along […]
Up to now I’ve mainly used whiskey barrels for water features for aquatics but the past couple of years it has not worked for the water lilies which apparently need annual dividing and plenty of room to roam (also fertilizer) so I am experimenting with a larger set up with […]
Most of the tropicals that overwintered as houseplants above. The colocasias, alocasias, Bird of Paradise, Society Garlic and the not-pictured lemongrass overwinter in dishes filled water. I do have a NOID colocasia I overwinter as a tuber as I do with dahlias – cut the foliage off, let it dry, […]
….no reason, I just thought it was interesting. Above, Japanese Stewartia in fall, a heart root system I believe. The guide in question. And another post on root systems.
I think I’m making this post entirely because I’m in the mood to shop for hostas, feeling inspired having just picked up some for L (shopping for others is absolutely intoxicating.) So I am making this post as an excuse to take inventory, learn names of the ones I’ve inherited, […]