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The Transitional Gardener: April 2009
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Saturday, April 18, 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Digging - an Austin Cottage Garden. Gardening on the Gulf Coast. Leave Me Alone, I'm Digging. Just a quick note to let anyone who might be inter.
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The Transitional Gardener: November 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Saturday, November 22, 2008. Not much time for prose right now, but a few pics of what was in bloom before the first real freeze, which occurred on November 19 this year. Camellia sasanqua 'Jean May'.
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The Transitional Gardener: August 2009
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Confessions of a Gesneri-nerd. Most species are perennial. But a few are woody shrubs or small. The flowers have a (usually). Corolla whose petals are fused into a tube and the...
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The Transitional Gardener: September 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Friday, September 19, 2008. To Each His Own. My Own Personal "Garden Rant". I know my next revelation runs counter to a mantra intoned by everyone I know who wears the mantle of "Master Gardener" (another...
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The Transitional Gardener: February 2009
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Sunday, February 15, 2009. Bloom Day, February 2009. Chaenomeles japonica, another remnant of my grandparents' garden, and badly in need of thinning and pruning. After years of trying, I'm finally having ...
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The Transitional Gardener: May 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Friday, May 16, 2008. Bloom Day (a dollar short) May 16. No time for a dissertation today - just a few pics of what's happening in the garden right now. This is another of the lady's slippers, a hybrid ca...
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The Transitional Gardener: October 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Sunday, October 19, 2008. Symbolic of the current state of our busy lives is this moonflower, which has taken up residence on the unused hammock out back! During the summer, they also require constant vig...
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The Transitional Gardener: June 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Monday, June 23, 2008. Finally, one of my Venus Fly Traps (Dionaea muscipula). Produced three heads (racemes? I can never sort those out) of buds, and I couldn't bring myself to remove them, as all the ca...
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The Transitional Gardener: December 2008
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Sunday, December 14, 2008. A Long Winter's.Rest? I should be doing a lot more outside right now, but short of my giving up the five hours of sleep I allow myself now, that's not in the cards. Acceptan...
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The Transitional Gardener: Name that Orchid!
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A periodic report on what's happening in my small, but jam-packed garden in coastal Virginia. Major interests include growing uncommon plants, propagation techniques, and adapting gardening methods to suit our somewhat capricious climate in the "transition" zone between the Northern and Southern states. Sunday, July 26, 2009. Any ideas regarding the identity of this hardy orchid which I found blooming in a great swath at the base of a driveway in the Blackridge subdivision in Pittsburgh last week? Thanks...