Cleomes and phlox in the garden08.17.08

Join Cleomes are strange looking flowers. They grow on long stocks and bloom as they grow. They have long spidery things that stick out all around the blooms giving them their strange look. I plant these flowers along the back edge of my garden. They grow to approximately 4 feet tall so they help screen [...]



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For a weed rose Dr. Huey sure is pretty07.28.08

Dr. Huey is a rose that is commonly used as a root graft on Hybrid Tea Roses to make them stronger and possibly hardier. If you grow roses, particularly ones that have grafted roots, you probably know that sometimes the root graft can grow it’s own shoots creating an odd looking rose bush with different [...]



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Want a peek at my garden?07.27.08

Join In the middle of July (July 14th to be exact) I decide to take a couple of shots of the backyard, front yard and my planted boulevard garden. Would you like to see what my garden looks like this year? Here’s a shot of the backyard: It’s not the best shot. We had our [...]



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