…I studied bees, who were able to convey messages through dancing and could find their ways home to their hives even if someone put up a blockade of sheets and boards and wire…             Naomi Shihab Nye Landscape design considerations … Continue reading →

What’s in Bloom: Week of July 12, 2021 Montbretia, Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’, Rosebay Path Fountain grass, Pennisetum ‘Karly Rose’, Flagpole Goldenrain tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, several locations Stewartia, Stewartia pseudocamellia, several locations Clematis, Clematis ‘Betty Corning’, Clematis Path

…And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight than to know what be the … Continue reading →

While there have been many magnolias in bloom from mid-April on, herein we focus on one of the later flowering species. Continue reading →