Roses

April 15, 2008 This Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, it’s all about the roses. Naturally, all but one (‘Carefree Beauty’) refused to bloom for the Spring Fling on the 5th, but they’re rockin’ now. ‘Belinda’s Dream,’ my favorite, looks dreamy in the morning light. It leans over the garden fence out ...

April 15, 2008 This Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, it’s all about the roses. Naturally, all but one (‘Carefree Beauty’) refused to bloom for the Spring Fling on the 5th, but they’re rockin’ now. ‘Belinda’s Dream,’ my favorite, looks dreamy in the morning light. It leans over the garden fence out ...

April 04, 2008 On her Blotanical “Plot” (site no longer active), in her entry for Garden to See Before I Die, Carol of May Dreams Gardens has written, “All those gardens of the Austin garden bloggers!” As it happens, a number of the Austin garden bloggers have had a burning ...

April 04, 2008 On her Blotanical “Plot” (site no longer active), in her entry for Garden to See Before I Die, Carol of May Dreams Gardens has written, “All those gardens of the Austin garden bloggers!” As it happens, a number of the Austin garden bloggers have had a burning ...

February 05, 2008 Front garden, Early Summer 2007. Purple coneflower and ‘Belinda’s Dream’ roses harmonize, while silver artemesia and chartreuse Salvia greggii foliage add a little punch. Like many gardeners, I love color in the garden. Pinks reign in the front, reds and blues in the back. At this time ...

February 05, 2008 Front garden, Early Summer 2007. Purple coneflower and ‘Belinda’s Dream’ roses harmonize, while silver artemesia and chartreuse Salvia greggii foliage add a little punch. Like many gardeners, I love color in the garden. Pinks reign in the front, reds and blues in the back. At this time ...

January 06, 2008 Path to the garden shed Yesterday afternoon I took my camera into the garden. It was 75 degrees, cloudy, balmy—a pleasant winter day in Austin. A strange thing occurred. My eyes saw the frost-browned salvias that seem to beg to be cut back, although I’ll leave their ...

December 14, 2007 ‘Belinda’s Dream’ “God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December,” wrote J. M. Barrie. Here in Austin, December is still very much autumn, and you need not rely on memory to enjoy roses. My shrub roses take a star turn in December ...

December 14, 2007 ‘Belinda’s Dream’ “God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December,” wrote J. M. Barrie. Here in Austin, December is still very much autumn, and you need not rely on memory to enjoy roses. My shrub roses take a star turn in December ...

December 08, 2007 I spotted this beautiful curbside garden at a house near St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and had to stop to admire it. While my own garden is cottage style, with a combination of drought-tolerant natives and tough cottage favorites, I find myself drawn more and more to this ...

November 29, 2007 ‘Marie Pavie’ rose Autumn days like today are what I dream of during Austin’s hot, sticky summers. The day was absolutely perfect—sunny, blue skies, 68 degrees, a slight crispness in the air. I wish I could say I spent the whole day outside, but alas, there was ...

November 21, 2007 ‘Belinda’s Dream’ While preparing for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Day feast, I took time to give thanks to my garden, just by being out in it for a few minutes and smelling the roses. Ahh, pink roses. Thanks. A bee is thankful for sweet ‘Belinda’s Dream’ as well. ‘Carefree ...

November 08, 2007 Berries are reddening on the weeping yaupon holly. Yaupon holly is so versatile, with varieties ranging from little, round balls to the punctuation marks of ‘Will Fleming’. But the weeping yaupon remains one of my favorites. This is one of the very few plants I didn’t plant ...

October 30, 2007 When a travel opportunity knocks, I’m usually grabbing my suitcase on the way to the door. This year I resolved to mesh my love of travel and of gardens by visiting local gardens on my trips. Since August I’ve explored and blogged about Chicago’s and San Antonio’s ...

October 15, 2007 ‘Little John’ dwarf bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’) October Bloom Day in Austin should be quite lovely. But my garden peaked early this year, and I spent yesterday cutting back my salvias and roses to try to stimulate one more good bloom cycle this fall—completely forgetting about ...

October 15, 2007 ‘Little John’ dwarf bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’) October Bloom Day in Austin should be quite lovely. But my garden peaked early this year, and I spent yesterday cutting back my salvias and roses to try to stimulate one more good bloom cycle this fall—completely forgetting about ...