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Lily-licious. It’s lily time, everyone! Fill the holes in your perennial border with these floral lollipops 4 Jul 2013 | 09:15 pm
‘Lodewijk’. A double-flowered, Oriental, hybrid Lily. Named for Lodewijk Napoleon, or Louis I, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. It is 3- to 4-feet tall and blooms in July. Several years ago, I focu...
I love you ‘Daniel Deronda’ clematis, but how in the hell do I prune you? 20 Jun 2013 | 07:15 pm
I was tickled to hear from so many fellow clematis lovers about their passions for the perennial climber that splays such scrumptious flowers. I also heard your confusion over pruning — the when and ...
Clemactic joys and sorrows: I need a clematis-growing support group 14 Jun 2013 | 10:11 pm
An editor I work with does not like her writers to use phrases like clematisaholic or clematisphile and I’m on-board with that — it does seem to make light of very real and serious issues. That said, ...
Hello Lilacs! The late spring isn’t looking so bad now, is it? 24 May 2013 | 09:34 pm
In my world, lilacs evoke memories like nothing else in the garden. The end of school is what what comes to mind for me. I have a specific memory of all of us first-graders bringing little bouquets fo...
Garden Task: Dividing the feather reedgrass 22 May 2013 | 07:48 pm
A quick shout-out to an oft-overlooked ornamental grass that really is one of my favorites. Fall-blooming Feather Reedgrass (Calamagrostis brachytricha) can work as an anchor in your perennial border,...
Spring Tasks: Dividing the Blue Fescue 17 May 2013 | 09:57 pm
Blue Fescue ‘Elijah Blue’ has been greeting visitors at the front border of the Garden Drama test garden for over 10 years. How does one make blue fescue (Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’) happy? From my...
More Garden Heidi-ology 3 May 2013 | 09:36 pm
A big part of the fun of gardening is getting to know your fellow gardening peeps. This past year, I got to get up close and personal with great gardener Heidi Heiland of Heidi’s Lifestyle Gardens of ...
A water garden in an hour 19 Apr 2013 | 09:31 pm
Water gardens are something I have dipped my toe into in only in the last few years. I always thought they were for someone else. They struck me as too expensive (though they can be), too involved (th...
Establish your signature garden emblem; your own personal logo 17 Apr 2013 | 08:54 pm
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Heidi Heiland this past year. She is a great Minnesota gardener and a profile of her and her Plymouth waterfront yard and garden will be in the May issue of No...
The pent-up spring garden 16 Apr 2013 | 08:38 pm
Clearly, winter has overstayed his welcome. Enough said. No more complaining from me. No more overstating the obvious. Winter is the one-night stand who wants you to cook him breakfast. Like at the di...
