As the Garden Grows

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A lovely Clematis Jackmani in the rain.

My oldest clematis vine is the Jackmani. Each year it grows in two directions along our wooden fence and reaches 15 to 20 feet each way. It’s huge. I drape the vine across the top of the fence as it gets fuller and heavier and when it blooms […]

What’s in a name? A lot when you can’t remember the name of an annual plant!

I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember what this short yet lively little plant is called. At the time that I took this photo the plant was perhaps 8 inches tall, at the most it gets to 12 […]

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My tiger lilies have been blooming for at least two weeks. The colors are so vibrant!

The previous owners of our house had very little in their garden - some vegetables, two young fruit trees in the middle of the lawn?, rhubarb, raspberries, and some weedy plants that I can’t remember the name of […]