Design your flower garden through the window. Why? Simple-your garden should look good from all angles and not just for the street view. Any garden can look good on one side but how does your garden look from a second story window? I want to enjoy my gardens from all angles, don’t you? Every spring as […]
Here’s my tips for growing a Parlor Palm houseplant
Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)(Neanthe bella) is an easy to care for house plant that will grow in low light conditions in your home or office and in the shade and humidity of summer. I was given a scrawny Parlor Palm that my girl friend had about a year and a half ago that she had been […]
Northern Mockingbird in my Suburban Backyard
The Northern Mockingbird is a pretty gray bird with white stripes on the wings and tail feathers. The Mockingbird is about the size of a Robin with a smaller head and slightly longer curved beak and long legs and tail. In flight the white underside and dark wing span (catch my eye and) this show […]
Can You Control a Groundcover?
Can you control a groundcover? Maybe. I can tell you from experience that you cannot control many grouncovers once they take off (unless you want to spend countless hours pulling and chopping to keep them in their designated area). Seriously, a groundcovers is just that- they cover the ground and choke out anything in its path. […]
Running Cedar- a Native with a Christmas Past
I was so excited to find this a couple months ago in the common areas of my subdivision. I have seen this plant off and on for years never knowing its name but loving the way it hugs the woodland floor usually peeking through the brown crunchy leaves of Oaks. The beautiful green coniferous plant […]
