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Saving Elephant Ears & Canna — Part 2
For the sake of saving time, I thought I would combine the final packing practice for Canna and Elephant Ears. Besides, I don’t think I can actually type the words Canna and Elephant Ears one more...
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I Canna Believe It’s You!
Once the Elephant Ears were cleaned and planted, it was time to turn my attention to Canna. Like their large-leaved companions, Canna are also over-wintered in brown paper bags filled with peat moss...
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Bloomin’ Update 31: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Before I get into this post, I wanted to send out a special thanks to those of you who took the time to add a caption to the previous post. Your creativity and humor were wonderful treats after I...
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A Time Capsule To Call My Own
I know. This is a gardening blog and this post will not exactly be a gardening one – but I will try and find a connection. It may be a stretch, but it will be a gardening connection of sorts....
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Bloomin’ Update 34: Everybody’s Talkin’‘Bout Miss Thing
There is a certain sadness when I look about the waning October garden. So many blooms have faded and turned to seed; so many leaves have dulled. And then there are the red hot flowers, looking a bit...
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The Saddest Gardener In The World
Okay, maybe not in the entire world – but certainly in my world. This is the first weekend where fall really feels like fall – as in leaf fall, temperature fall, and mood fall. As much as I would...
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Bloomin’ Update 44: The Good Ol’ Summertime
The recent heat wave may have been a bit extreme, but at this moment I’m sitting inside with a blanket pulled up to my chin. It’s not that I’m feeling under the weather. Instead, I’m feeling the...
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Repost: Saving Canna, Part 1
I’ve had to make a difficult decision this year about my collection of canna. What started with a few corms has, over the years, become an overwhelming amount of plants — even after giving corms away....
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Repost: Saving Elephant Ears & Canna, Part 2
Changing leaves and cooling temperatures can only mean one thing. It’s time to complete the saving process. By now, elephant ears and canna have been drying out for about a week — and now I have to...
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Bloomin’ Update 49: Color My World Brown
“You spend an awful lot of time agonizing over leaves,” Joe, my partner, said to me the other day as we drove around the neighborhood. His statement was in response to my noticing that some homeowners...
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