December 27, 2022 at 6:15 pm
I like to add a bit of whimsy to the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden whenever possible, especially during the winter months. Last year I created a gnome that I named LeRoy. I had seen a similar idea when I visited a garden center in North Carolina and figured out how to make one of my […]
May 12, 2020 at 11:39 am
Everyone adores peonies – it is one of those plants, along with tulips and lilacs, that cry out “Spring is here!” The peony most people are familiar with is the herbaceous peony or Paeonia lactiflora. These plants produce fragrant blossoms in all shades of white to the deepest red, with petals counts ranging from just a single row to solid pompoms. ‘Herbaceous peony’ means the plant dies back entirely during the winter and re- appears in the spring. Native to areas like Tibet, […]
September 26, 2017 at 6:42 pm
For years I have been enamored with the Dutchman’s Pipe family – especially the large showy tropical varieties with their flamboyant flowers. Despite the cool features of these plants they are not palatable to our local Pipevine Swallowtails. Although the plant is in the right family for them to lay their eggs on, the larvae […]