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 that’s blooming in my yard. There are still many flowers that put on a full [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Annuals’
October 6, 2009
Behold the (trumpets blowing) Colocasia ‘Diamond Head’
POSTED BY KIM — This baby is more than 6 feet tall — it’s a monster! And the black coloring is stunning. Caleb planted two specimens in his garden here, and the one that is on “higher ground” (this means less water, since it travels downhill to this monster) is a few feet shorter. So [...]
September 21, 2009
A quick look at what’s blooming on my deck
POSTED BY KIM — Even though the season is winding down, I was out on my deck this morning and saw my passion flower vine blooming. Yay! It was a bittersweet moment because it was the first bloom of the season, and here we are in late September. I overwintered this plant last year in [...]
September 14, 2009
One of these things is not like the other…
POSTED BY KIM — Cabbage and kale are cool-season standards in St. Louis gardens and containers, and they’re also very popular with the *varmint population.* In the photo above, you see two purple kale. The one on the left has been a). chopped up by a weed-eater; b). torn apart by the hands of a [...]
September 7, 2009
Is this the view out of Caleb’s dorm window?
POSTED BY KIM — No, at least not today. It’s the view out the front window at Sugar Creek — we’ve got sunflowers! Sorry for the grainy quality of the pic — I took it with my cell phone.
September 5, 2009
Vignettes from the K-State Gardens
POSTED BY CALEB
I always forget to include that attribution, but I assume that many of you can figure it out from my slant on things…
May 12, 2009
Yellow Impatiens: fun, fresh, tropical and exotic
POSTED BY PEGGY: I just love the Fusion Glow Exotic Impatiens. They are soft yellow with a orange eye. I paired mine up with a yellow striped Hosta, multi colored Coleus and a gorgeous yellow Nonstop Begonia. I love the way they look in my green ceramic pot with the red drip.
The Fusion Impatiens series [...]
April 29, 2009
Incredible Edible – Calendula
POSTED BY CALEB – Aren’t these calendula lovely? They look good enough to eat. And are.
People are always surprised when I tell them that these flowers are edible, so when I decided to start posting profiles of some of the wonderful and unusual edibles we’re growing at Sugar Creek, it didn’t take me long to [...]
