Sometimes you just pick the wrong place to plant a plant. That happened to me with a bright red Bee Balm (Monarda variety unknown). As I wrote about before (Time For the Yarrow To Go), this particular Bee Balm had been planted underneath a newly planted River Birch which is now almost 20 years old. As … Continue reading The Bee Balm Is Very Happy
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Before Vacation
It's always tough to go leave the garden and go on vacation. It seems like something (or everything) is ready to just burst out in color or ripen just in time to go away. Or the weather can you throw you a curve ball and get crazy hot/cold or dry/wet. Very unpredictable. I assumed this year … Continue reading Before Vacation
Time for the Yarrow to Go
I posted before about the problems I was having with my yarrow and I've finally decided it's time to go. It's been a garden invader for years and especially this year, just downright ugly. So I pulled it out. This left an ugly gaping hole, but by next spring it'll have something new in … Continue reading Time for the Yarrow to Go
Yarrow
I have had yarrow in my gardens for years, but I think that as much as I've tried to embrace it, I have finally decided I just don't like it. I love it in the wild, out in the prairies and fields, but in the garden it tends to be messy, overgrown, floppy, often rather … Continue reading Yarrow