Monthly Archives: October 2009
Happy Halloween
POSTED BY KIM — Happy Halloween everyone! It’s a great day because the sun is shining and I will be nice and dry as I try to keep up with the kids tonight as we trick-or-treat. Here are some pics … Continue reading
Filed under Fairy gardening, Goofy!
A hummingbird feeder FOR YOUR FACE
POSTED BY KIM — I am not making this up. Thanks to www.cuteoverload.com, a site dedicated to all things animal and cute, I was alerted to a new product called “The Wearable Hummingbird Feeder.” This is a hummingbird HELMET — … Continue reading
Filed under Goofy!, Hummingbird
A sweet fall tableaux
POSTED BY KIM — I took my camera outside at work the other day (along with my umbrella) and noticed this beautiful combination of colors in the garden behind the gift shop. (That’s Maria and Wendy’s garden.) The red leaves from … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Fall/winter interest, Perennials
I’ve got moss growing between my toes
POSTED BY KIM — It is raining — again (or I should say, STILL). So I’m going to take a break from the plant catalogues and the gray sky to focus on something more uplifting — fall color. If you’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Fall/winter interest
The world’s best mum: The classic ‘Clara Curtis’
POSTED BY KIM — I gave a talk the other day at the nursery about the beauty of the fall garden, and one thing I like to do is go out that morning before work and cut a sample of anything … Continue reading
Filed under Annuals, Fall/winter interest, Perennials
Hydrangea ‘Invincibelle Spirit’ — the new pink ‘Annabelle’
POSTED BY KIM — All you hydrangea lovers have probably already heard about ‘Invincibelle Spirit,’ the world’s first pink ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea. You can’t open a magazine almost without seeing an ad for it, so we expect it to be a … Continue reading
My favorite winter shrub: Winterberry
POSTED BY KIM — When I was a “young” gardener, I didn’t care about winter interest. It was all about the flowers! I want blooms! Who cares about winter! But now that I’ve matured (no heckling, please), I think more and … Continue reading
Filed under Fall/winter interest, Shrubs
Update on the Kaleidoscope Abelia: Still fabulous
POSTED BY KIM — Here’s a picture I took a few days ago of one of my Kaleidoscope Abelias — the foliage is just starting to pick up its fall color. *How* *beautiful* *is* *that* *color* ?!?! Many of us … Continue reading
Filed under Fall/winter interest, Shrubs
In other news: Chloe!
POSTED BY KIM — The good girl Chloe spent the weekend at the Reiss-Litton house. 8-year-old Maya decided to try her hand at dog training, so she discovered that if she held a small piece of cheese up, Chloe would … Continue reading
Bloomerang is still blooming
POSTED BY KIM — Here’s a picture of LILAC BUDS on the Syringa ‘Bloomerang’ that is planted in our garden here at Sugar Creek. Please note the date — Oct. 16 — and the temperature — 44 degrees! I can’t … Continue reading
