POSTED BY KIM — Delphiniums are one of those flowers that I would plant every year and they would die every year. So I would plant again…and they would die again. Maybe the fifth time is a charm, because THIS year, my delphiniums were the joy of my entire garden.
I planted a bunch last fall [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Bragging’
September 16, 2009
The year of the delphinium…at least in my garden
September 12, 2009
Maria and Wendy beautify a Sugar Creek garden bed
POSTED BY KIM — We’ve been showing the ol’ Sugar Creek some love, painting the sign, planting up some garden beds, cleaning house, etc. This bed is an oldie but a goodie — the big old hosta bed on the east side of the house/gift shop. The hostas are still there, in all their glory, [...]
September 11, 2009
My favorite garden bed
POSTED BY KIM — …is also the simplest. Coincidence? One thing I learned in my design classes was to simplify the number of plants that went into a bed or planting. I remember the instructor saying things like “You can’t have 30 different plants in a small bed like that!” I don’t normally [...]
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 [...]
March 22, 2009
I’ve Been Caught Cheating.
POSTED BY PEGGY: The Tower Grove South Garden Club recently visited my house and garden. I was showing off my beautiful broccoli, collards and lettuce plants. One of my gardening friends was quite surprised by the size of some of my veggies.
What was my secret she wanted to know? Was it my composty soil mix, [...]
March 21, 2009
Peggy is featured on Channel 2 news!
POSTED BY KIM — Our own Peggy Hoelting was interviewed by Roche Madden on Channel 2 Fox News last night about the warm weather and the growing popularity of growing your own fruits and vegetables. Look here for information about Sugar Creek’s Home Harvest Series, April 16-23, our free gardening series about fruit and vegetable gardening.
Here’s [...]
October 16, 2008
The fragrant nocturnal moonflower
POSTED BY KIM — It’s getting colder now, so I won’t be able to enjoy my moonflower (Ipomoea alba) for much longer. This might be my all-time favorite annual vine. I grow it in a pot on my deck, right outside the back door so I
can see it when I’m sitting at my desk in the [...]
October 13, 2008
Annabelle hydrangea round #2
POSTED BY KIM — My hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ put on a great show mid-summer, but look at it now — round 2! I did deadhead after the first set of blooms just to tidy up, so this second set of flowers is a nice surprise. I have this funny spot on the west side of [...]
October 10, 2008
Bravo! Love my Encore Azaleas
POSTED BY KIM — The weather has cooled down a little and I’m so pleased with my new little Encore Azaleas. They are blooming and loaded with buds. I’ve placed them on the north side of my house to offer a little protection this winter, so it will be interesting to see how they do [...]
October 6, 2008
Kiss this toad
POSTED BY KIM — October is the month to celebrate toad lilies as they bloom in all their glory. Tricyrtis have a wonderful almost horizontal branching habit that is lined with blooms. This one looks like a small shrub — it’s about 2 feet tall.
A little known fact is that toad lilies are so named because the [...]
