Vinca Here’s a picture of the Vincas I was talking about in my previous post. Like I said, they were by far the most hardy plant I had all summer. They are still in their containers right now blooming away, even after being scorched in a hot car, and frozen outside in the Minnesota cold. Alyssum Oh, Alyssum. How do I love thee? These tiny little flowers never fail to give me a great showing every summer. I started them…
Month: September 2007
End of Summer Review
I would like to give all of you a summary of everything I’ve learned during my last 4 months of gardening adventures. My containers of annuals are gone by now, and since we’ve been seeing 40-50 degree days for the past few weeks, I am finally convinced that the cold season is here. In May, I posted when I got a lot of my plants; all of them made it through the entire summer. After 3 months with these plants,…
Busy Bugs and Big Roses
The bees have been out and about lately. This little guy was very nice about having his picture taken. I also found this grasshopper chilling out on this nice rose. I absolutely love these roses, they are gorgeous. And some lovely white roses. This bee was very busy. I chased him around for a few minutes before I got a decent shot of him. All of these roses were huge! I tried to get a…
Blog Action Day!
October 15th is the first ever Blog Action Day, and bloggers from around the world (including myself) will be posting about one very important topic- the environment. This is an incredible opportunity to get the word out about this important subject and reach millions of people. The list of environmental issues to write about seems endless, and I would like to know what you’d like to read about! Do you know of any great environmental topics related to gardening? If…
Green Thumb Sunday!
My boyfriend and I took a trip to Enger Tower this past week for some pictures. The tower has a great view of the city, and some impressive shade gardens as well. Here’s the view of the lift bridge from the top of the tower. And a little bee on a Purple Coneflower. This is the most Coleus plants I’ve ever seen in one place at a time! Their Impatiens were beautiful! I love the coral colored ones. It was…