Learning to See the Beauty of Nature in Our Gardens
My name is Ellen and I have an – er – problem with Sedges. I love them. I can’t get enough of them! Sedge (Carex) is one of those plants that grows on you slowly, quietly, til one day you realize you are hooked. Maybe it’s their soft, textural blades that sway gently with the [...]
Whether you’re growing your own “nano-prairie” or just enjoy the soft texture and flowing stems of ornamental grasses, little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) deserves a place somewhere in your garden for its fall color, winter interest, and wildlife value. The narrow blades of this native American native grass are an important food plant for tiny butterflies [...]
On my walk through the garden this morning I spooked a rabbit; saw squirrel, coyote and deer tracks; watched birds visiting the water feature; and, heard the cardinals and chickadees sing from the trees. The garden was exactly as I had hoped it would be on a snowy winter day; lovely to see and teeming [...]
As a new gardener I was completely unfamiliar with native plants and grasses. I just knew I wanted/had to garden. So I bought plants that were beautiful, that made me smile and that I loved. Naturally, some of them proved to be aggressive pains in the garden. One of the worst offenders was an ornamental [...]
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