Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
A rainy day – phew! Everything is happening so fast in the garden now; I feel like I don’t have time to look at the flowers, much less photograph and write about them. On Thursday, we finally got a...
View ArticleWildflower Week: Monday
I debated whether to include wildflowers in my last post for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, and decided against. Around Tangled Branches South the wildflowers do just fine without the aid of a gardener...
View ArticleWildflower Week: Tuesday: Azaleas
Rhododendron periclymenoides aka Pinxterbloom Rhododendron periclymenoides or Pinxterbloom? Neither one is a very attractive name if you ask me. All azaleas belong to the genus Rhododendron, and...
View ArticleWildflower Wednesday: Wild?
Coral Honeysuckle What exactly is a wildflower? I think everyone has his own definition, but mine is any plant with attractive flowers which grows and blooms without horticultural efforts. On the other...
View ArticleWildflower of the Week: Deerberry
Blueberries & Associates Parts of the woods at Tangled Branches South are carpeted with blueberries (Vaccinium sp.). Or they may be huckleberries (Gaylussacia sp.). I haven’t made a serious attempt...
View ArticleGarden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
….:::: Dianthus Edition ::::…. It’s the 15th of the month again and time for garden bloggers to show off what’s blooming in their gardens via Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, a internet event created and...
View ArticleMountain Laurel
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) The Mountain Laurel is once again in bloom. Last year it had very few flowers and I was afraid it might not come back. Not to worry, that plant has been there a long...
View ArticleWildflower Wednesday + 1
Oops, Wildflower Wednesday slipped right past me and I really didn’t want to miss it because the meadow is beautiful this time of year. The meadow is really just a field that we mow once a year –...
View ArticleRiverbend Park Wildflowers
Go there today! Virginia Bluebells and Paw Paw flowers The Virginia Bluebells are at peak bloom along the Potomac River in Riverbend Park. Maybe even a little past peak. In almost 26 years of living in...
View ArticleDecember Blooms: Witch Hazel
Along the Saunders-Monticello Trail yesterday, several witch-hazel trees were in full flower and this one in particular was glowing in the late afternoon sunlight. A bit of natural cheer during the...
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