Making progress

Several mild days have encouraged me to get out to divide and transplant crested irises, two orchid varieties, black mondo grass, disporopsis, hellebores, and a few others into the expansion of the front garden border that was begun in December. The front of the border was long ignored and difficult to see from the road…

Subtle charms

There is a place in the garden for extravagant masses of blooms that can be appreciated by neighbors zooming past in their cars, though to my thinking these displays are best suited to commercial properties and entrances to communities. Many homeowners take pride in planting masses of petunias and impatiens that flower without interruption for…