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 [...]
Wordless Wednesday Of all of my many roses (60+ varieties) my Iceberg rose at the front of my house currently has the most blooms. Most of the other roses are either taking a break or only putting out a bloom here and there since it’s so hot these days. The first couple of years that [...]
I just received a new edition of my ASPCA newsletter and one article in particular caught my eye. It was about the increased incidence of pets being poisoned by the Sago Palm. This plant can also be quite toxic to young children. The Sago Palm is common in warm climates, but it’s become more popular [...]
