Fall flowers, foliage, and change-ups
Ah fall, how I love you. After all, autumn is our second spring, and fall perennials like Philippine violet are putting on a show.… Read More
Fall garden scenes
Fall color is subtle in Austin, but I’ve been enjoying the flowering of autumn perennials like our native fall aster.… Read More
Palms, agaves, and edibles in Peter Schaar Garden
Peter Schaar has turned his suburban Dallas backyard into a botanical joyride with palms, agaves, edibles, and more.… Read More
Plant trials with style at Redenta’s Landscape Design office garden
A modern, plant-rich aesthetic informs the design of the office garden for Redenta’s Landscape Design in Fort Worth. Here’s my tour.… Read More
In for a rose, out for a garden visit at Antique Rose Emporium
I stopped at The Antique Rose Emporium, ostensibly to search for a replacement rose, but really to check out the gardens.… Read More
Autumn comes in yellow and purple
The yellow spider lilies are up 3 weeks earlier than last year, perhaps due to our cooler than usual early fall, and I am here for it. … Read More
She made her garden dreams come true
Amy told me about her dream of having a garden with a screened gazebo where she could sit and look at the plants all around her.… Read More
Oxblood and rain lilies bloom after late-summer rains
It’s oxblood lily time, baby! That excitement you hear is my delight over the early and unexpected end to Texas’s interminable summer. Late last week, two inches of rain and a welcome drop in temperatures made it feel like early October rather than early September. As soon as the rain ended, up popped the crimson trumpets of oxblood lily.… Read More
David’s top 10 plants in our garden
My husband, David, is not a gardener. But it turns out he has definite opinions about which plants he likes. Here are his top ten.… Read More
Late summer stars of the garden
Like a starfish clinging to a rock, this soap aloe (Aloe maculata) I stuck in a pie-pan planter has grown more beautifully than I expected. It seems to love the crevice life. … Read More
Circle Garden’s shades of green
Our elevated back deck offers a nice overhead view of the Circle Garden. But as I recently discovered, when you climb a stepladder on the deck, you can get almost the whole garden in the frame, including the new rose and salvia planting at the base of the deck.… Read More
Midsummer garden walkabout
Midsummer has never been my favorite season in the garden. It’s hot and humid. Mosquitoes are fierce. And yet this summer, perhaps because I’m spending more time at home and in my own garden than usual, I’m also appreciating it more. Here’s what’s caught my eye lately on strolls around the garden. … Read More
Revamping the Circle Garden, again
Whack, whack! Even the spring-revamped Circle Garden got a major cut-back. It was time to cut everything back and open up the garden again.… Read More
COVID-19 scuttles Garden Bloggers Fling this year
Garden Bloggers Fling, the 13th annual meet-up of garden bloggers from across North America and beyond, was to have been held this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. The coronavirus scuttled that party.… Read More