Frost Flower Frost flowers, or ice flowers, can form on dried stems of plants with still viable root systems when temperatures are freezing, but the ground is not. Moisture can be drawn up through the roots, then push through the desiccated stems as it freezes in the cold air. This "flower" formed on a dried and broken …
English Gardenscapes with Shades of Roman Britain Tour Note 1: a very brief history of ‘the English Garden’
(This series is written specifically to provide background information for folks traveling with me and my colleague Samuel Pezzillo to visit gardens and Roman sites in England in June 2024 . Others interested are certainly welcomed to read along with us.) An overview of decorative gardens in Britain can begin with Roman villa gardens bordered …
Wordless Wednesday, 27 December 2023
six on Saturday, 23 December 2023
There is not a lot of color, much less flash, in today's six. But there is a lot of hope because the focus is on flourishing of plants that suffered badly in the uncharacteristically cold and unusually sustained Alabama temperatures last December and March.  1. First comes three small native anise plants (Illicium Parviflorum) that started …
Wordless Wednesday, 20 December 2023
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six on Saturday, 25 November 2023
1. I'm beginning my six this week with a photo that announces what makes all the others worthwhile, viable even---rain! This photo was taken of a Gerbera daisy that was nearly dead due to lack of appreciable rain for over a month, but powered through with one healthy flower. 2. Another plant flowering now is …
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