Author Archives: Denise

Preview: San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2012

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Denise

Only the first day of spring, yet garden show season has already arrived in many parts of the country. MB Maher was in attendance today at the preview to this year’s San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. Just a couple … Continue reading →

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the wispy side of spring

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Denise

Insubstantial Sisyrinchium bellum, Blue-Eyed Grass, is an elusive subject for the camera due to its habit of shutting its petals around “magic” hour, that pre-sunrise/post-sunset window when a photographer can rarely go astray. Still, it’s an utterly charming denizen of … Continue reading →

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Occasional Daily Weather Report 3/18/12

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Denise

High winds.

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Foliage Followup March 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Denise

And then there’s the dodge of leaving projects directly underfoot so you’ll theoretically have no choice but to finish them. Does this trick ever work for anyone else? I just end up with a lot of stuff underfoot. Like these … Continue reading →

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Bloom Day March 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Denise

A dead car battery after work has me skidding and sliding to make the Bloom Day deadline. Some of the new plants I ordered for spring became candidates for March Bloom Day literally right out of the box. Like this … Continue reading →

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warming up

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Denise
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Scilla peruviana

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Denise

In late 2010 Scilla peruviana won me a pair of wellies (garden boots) when I described to Val Easton of Plant Talk the upcoming spectacle of their galactic indigo blooms coinciding with the chartreuse flowers trusses of the Corsican hellebore. … Continue reading →

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Occasional Daily Photos 3/7/12

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Denise

Just two weeks’ shy of the last post on the poppies’ progress as they colonize the little path off the kitchen porch, and they’ve at least tripled in size. The trip to the laundry shed is now a short walk … Continue reading →

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winter walkabout

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Denise

Les of A Tidewater Gardener frequently posts some of the most beautiful landscape photography to be found on garden blogs. On his blog you may be introduced, as I was, to John Irving-esque names of natural phenomena like The Great … Continue reading →

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blue/yellow/green

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Denise

Where were we? I’ve been working at the day job like a navvy, trying to clear some time for spring garden visits, shows and whatnot. But the garden in March initiates a measured sequence of distractions, which can really mess … Continue reading →

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