“Love You Best” was what she said. Mother made every person feel they were the person she loved best. Peonies were her favorite flower. Every year in northern Illinois in preparation for the spring bloom I would take the hand tool and cultivate around each peony bush, add peat moss Continue Reading
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Floribunda Rose Garden
The transition from USDA planting zone 7b (Lower South) to 6a (N. & Central Midwest) was a big deal for me. Plano, TX planting zone 7b, where I had over 200 roses is home to places like Dallas, Austin & San Antonio with long hot & humid summers and mild Continue Reading
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A Rose Garden, Hope Springs Eternal
Rudyard Kipling said, “Remember Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.†However, shade sitting is never quite so satisfying as when one is contemplating the beauty of a rose garden from the prospective of being in it and having created a rose garden in the sun. Here is Continue Reading
Late Bloomers
Late bloomers toss their Hail Mary’s with wild abandon. Spectacular with a stark backdrop of dramatic foreboding skies telling of unknown factors that will impact their destiny; cold, snow, ice or warming and cooling to extremes. They create a freeze frame of wondrous moments of surrender to powers beyond their Continue Reading
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Bloom Where You Are Planted
Everything you want to know about bloom where you are planted you can learn from a carousel pony. People that love you will stand by you. Joy reflects in your face. Life has its ups and downs. There’s always a blur of activity around you. You can enjoy the ride Continue Reading