POSTED BY KIM — Given this rainy weather, I think it’s appropriate for me to write about my turtlehead. If you have children or grandchildren, I think you need a turtlehead in your yard or you might be breaking the law.
Chelone lyonii loves the shade, loves the water (although if you don’t water — like me — [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Wet’
October 9, 2009
Everyone needs a turtlehead
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 29, 2009
For Caleb — Lady Tresses update!
POSTED BY KIM — Caleb and I have admired these Lady Tresses all summer — Spiranthes cernua var. odoratum. We both bought a few plants, and without reading the tag, threw them in the ground where they suffered dramatically. FINALLY, Caleb did a little research and told me that Spiranthes is a bog plant. I [...]
