POSTED BY KIM — It’s Kaleidoscope time again! Peggy raved about her Kaleidoscope Abelia in a previous post, and I’m doing an update to report on how mine look here in early December after some cold and snow.
I’m impressed! Lots of shrubs and roses are bare and ratty right now, as expected, but my Kaleidoscopes [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 5, 2008
Kaleidoscope Abelia — the shrub that just keeps going
December 4, 2008
Evergreen coral bells?
POSTED BY KIM — The kids and I made a trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden this afternoon to see the Gardenland Express display and I was stopped by these heuchera right outside the front doors. What was so striking is that the temperatures have been in the 20s the last several nights — with a [...]
December 3, 2008
Growing wild through gravel in our parking lot — passion flower is one tough vine
POSTED BY KIM — Earlier this summer we stacked a bunch of trellises in the parking lot just to make some room, and would you believe that a vine actually started growing on one of them? Say hello to Passiflora incarnata, the native passion flower vine.
Obviously if it’s growing wild in our parking lot — [...]
December 3, 2008
Poison ivy gets nastier
POSTED BY KIM — I was reading an old issue of National Geographic magazine (June 2008) when I saw an article about poison ivy. They report that the increase in carbon dioxide is not only creating *more* poison
ivy, but also more *potent* poison ivy.
Youch.
And I quote: “Carbon dioxide warms the Earth. It also acts like airborne fertilizer, [...]
December 2, 2008
Tina’s tiny winter fairy gardens
POSTED BY KIM — I love when Tina works, because the gift shop is always more beautiful by the time she’s finished. I went into work the other day and found these adorable fairy gardens all done up for the holidays, thanks to Tina’s magic touch. I was so inspired I’m going to decorate mine at home, [...]
December 1, 2008
“I never win anything.”
POSTED BY KIM — My husband once won a trip for two to Key West, Florida. And I was lucky enough to be married to him! But me? I’ve never won anything. That doesn’t stop me from trying, though.
If you read Birds and Blooms or Backyard Living magazines, you might want to check out their [...]
