One of the great things about gardening is how easy it is to correct mistakes. If you’ve planted something in the wrong place, you just pop it out and plant it somewhere else until you find the right place. If you plant something that dies, throw it out and get another or something else. Unfortunately, [...]
Daylilies: Add a Fashion Show to Your Garden
May 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Versatile plants are more than a ‘nice to have’ in Florida, they are essential. With the normal hot and humid summers, a long running drought, and a suddenly cold (for Florida) winter, having plants that can take it and still fulfill their purpose is a dream for many of us. Additionally, imagine having a plant [...]
N is for Nesting Northern Cardinals
April 21, 2010 By 10 Comments
It would seem that we have a pair of northern cardinals nesting in our weeping podacarpus (Podocarpus gracilior). Unfortunately the nest is inaccessible for me to show you any pictures of it. However, last weekend we visited a friend and there in the shrubs around their swimming pool, was also a nest. In the photograph, [...]