It’s tough for me to pick a plant of the month in October. Fall’s fiery finale is in full swing, and the garden’s ablaze with tropicals, annuals and a slew of late season perennials, all blooming like crazy, getting in their last licks before Jack Frost mows them down with his icy scythe. But I’m going[...]
Agastache, one of those plants that most of us gardeners drool over when we see it in catalogues, received mix reviews this month. Frances wrote that she ordered ‘Black Adder’ from High Country Gardens last year and that it survived this spring but didn’t grow a whole heck of alot this year. Frances, any chance that it[...]
All of you who apologize for getting in your Design Workshop contributions right at the end of the month can feel a little smug now, because here I’m doing the same thing to Fran. Sorry Fran! First, a few comments on her GGW Plant Pick of the Month for September: Agastache. Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)[...]
I’d thought to start this post with some grumblings about the weather, but compared to what many parts of the U.S. have been facing, we’ve been getting off fairly easily here in southeastern Pennsylvania. So without further chatter, here are some Bloom Day highlights from my own garden, as well as from the plantings I help to care[...]
Agastache was an easy pick for this month of September because as I strolled through my garden, I noticed three varieties in bloom and going strong. And with the glut of new cultivars in the marketplace over the past several years, I feel somewhat like a child in a candy shop trying to limit myself[...]