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Mostly Sunflowers
The Midnight Garden | September 2nd 2008 by Greg
Hello and happy September, everyone. I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend (that's with a U if you're reading from Canada, of course...). I find myself breathing a sigh of relief on a couple of fronts this morning.First, I'm relieved for the read more
Black-eyed Susan - 'Becky Mix'
Digital Flower Pictures.com | August 30th 2008 by Digital Flower
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta 'Becky Mix'(rud-BEK-ee-a) (HER-tuh)This annual has just been super this season. It has just kept blooming and is really showy. The ‘mix’ is a good range of yellow and yellow with red centers. This is one of the dar read more
more pictures from the garden..
Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love | August 24th 2008 by guild-rez
Sedum Rudbeckia Hydrangea Winky Pinky read more
Just a Few Pretties
Arty Allsorts | August 16th 2008 by Arty Allsorts
Mum and I toddled along to our local RHS garden (Royal Horticultural Society) this week. We were pretty lucky the weather held out for us but my gosh, it was really windy on the top of that hill. Anyway, given the wind speed, I'm surprised I got any read more
LA FAMILLE ECHINACEES
MON JARDIN, SON EVOLUTION | August 12th 2008 by VANDERHOVEN
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We are back home again...
Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love | August 11th 2008 by guild-rez
After returning from our trip to Germany and Sweden we are happy to be home again. We arrived late in the evening in Toronto. The next morning I couldn't wait to walk around in the garden followed by Max, our cat. Together we inspected the overgrown read more
Calming down.
gardens and greenery | July 24th 2008
Things have settled down a bit, at least, for the moment, and I've been able to spend some time outside. I got another gorgeous Black from Tula that I can't WAIT to eat. I just pulled off a couple of handfuls of Red Zebras, Super Snow Whites, and B read more
Rudbeckia bud about to bloom
As the Garden Grows | July 23rd 2008 by Tricia
Wordless Wednesday I love the way Rudbeckia (also known as Black eyed Susan) buds unfurl as they prepare to bloom. They look like some kind of alien creature about to be born don’t they? read more
Turkeys in the 'Hood
The Midnight Garden | July 19th 2008 by Greg
Last night's storms (I'm told a second wave of them crashed through around 4:00 a.m., but I slept soundly through those) weren't of the variety that alleviate a summer heat wave.These, in fact, seems to usher in a real tropical feeling to the day, as read more
Attracting Butterflies into the Garden
Plant Native | July 19th 2008 by Sharon
Butterflies are probably everyone’s favorite garden creature. They’re beautiful, mysterious, and romantic. It’s a goal of many gardeners to attract these lovely butterflies into the garden. Butterflies need 3 things: Water, a nectar source, and read more
July's Half-Way
The Midnight Garden | July 15th 2008 by Greg
Ahh, morning breaks. With coffee in hand, I head out into the front yard. I didn't hear it rain again in the night, so I'm watering as usual...about ten to fifteen minutes of deep soaking from the soaker hose, and then some careful above spraying w read more
'Prairie Sun' Gloriosa Daisy
Digital Flower Pictures.com | July 15th 2008 by Digital Flower
Wordless WednesdayGloriosa DaisyRudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'Half Hardy Annual read more
Meme-Day
The Midnight Garden | July 14th 2008 by Greg
Having posted at a reasonable hour last night, I thought I was going to get to sleep at a reasonable time, too. But then I installed the Babel Fish widget, in hopes of being more welcoming to foreign blog-readers...and then stayed up entirely too lat read more
Daisies and Other Things
The Midnight Garden | July 13th 2008 by Greg
The daisies really are at their peak right now. I have only just started to see the first fading blooms which will need to be dead-headed shortly. For now, their show is glorious and entertaining and sort of happy-making at that, and so I thought t read more
Welcome Cleome
The Midnight Garden | July 12th 2008 by Greg
The Queen Anne's Lace I transplanted into the border earlier this spring is now beginning to bloom. I love this lacey white flowers; they make a great addition to my overgrown border, and work well in some of the drier sections of the garden, or whe read more
Rudbeckia
As-tu du feu? -nom, mais j'ai du beurre de pinotte | July 12th 2008 by Jean Schoeters
On a acheté des petits plants il y a un mois, et ils sont maintenant en fleur. read more
Summer Days
The Midnight Garden | July 11th 2008 by Greg
Well, the days certainly slip by quickly here in July. I never got around to posting yesterday. My computer sort of reminded me recently that there are other things to summertime life besides blogging. You see, I have this CD burner that is usually read more
Tuesday's Trials
The Midnight Garden | July 8th 2008 by Greg
Here at the Midnight Garden, it's all about the garden. Except in the last few days, there's been some kind of convergence of petty annoyance, worry, genuinely stressy moments, busy work times, heat and humidity, seasoned with a dash of the oddness read more
Fireworks of the Floral Variety
The Midnight Garden | July 5th 2008 by Greg
Sorry to say that after the parade on Friday, the weather began to take a bit of a turn for the remainder of the holiday weekend. By late Friday night, it was raining and Saturday morning's early hours wore a foggy misty cloak of gray.After having s read more
Early Morning, July Fourth
The Midnight Garden | July 4th 2008 by Greg
COMING SOON: Orleans Fourth of July Parade highlights!! read more
Freedom
The Midnight Garden | July 3rd 2008 by Greg
And so here we are, the Fourth of July. It's the big celebration that kicks off each summer. Parades have always been a part of the day for me, having grown-up in an Elks Club family. I remember those humid New Jersey mornings when we'd rendezvous read more
An Award-Winning Day
The Midnight Garden | July 2nd 2008 by Greg
This first snapdragon is now blooming top to bottom. In fact, the lowest blooms have already left the stem to flutter down to the garden floor. And the scent is fun, too--like red Kool-Aid!!I'm really pleased with my decision to plant all the portu read more
Geranium garden
Storytelling Notes | June 28th 2008 by Priscilla Howe
I know, I know, these are more properly called pelargoniums, but I can't help myself. It's like calling the refrigerator the ice box. It's what I do.At any rate, last year I took all my geraniums and put them in a little garden. I stopped by the gard read more
How to attract butterflies to your garden
As the Garden Grows | June 19th 2008 by Tricia
Back in 2002/2003 when my husband and I landscaped our backyard and created our raised bed garden I’d wanted to grow plants that would attract butterflies and birds to the garden. I spent the winter researching plants that would thrive in my read more
ABC Wednesday R is for Rudbeckia
Digital Flower Pictures.com | November 21st 2007 by Digital Flower
ABC Wednesday R is for RudbeckiaIf you are her for Wordless Wednesday scroll down to the next post.Here it is Wednesday again. I had a lot of choices for this week’s letter but decided to go with genus Rudbeckia, one of the several genera referred read more
Dry Soil Groundcovers: Pachysandra, Rudbeckia, and Many More!
Plant Native | November 6th 2007 by Sharon
I love groundcovers. There’s just something about them that makes me want to have every one I see. Groundcovers can be an important addition to our Southern gardens. They act as a living mulch, helping to conserve moisture around trees and shrubs. read more
HISTOIRES DE COEURS
MON JARDIN, SON EVOLUTION | October 2nd 2007 by VANDERHOVEN
Après la floraison et le chute des pétales, il reste les coeurs, pas très jolis ...... quoique en y regardant de plus près ils sont assez originaux.Coeurs de Monarda, d'echinacea et de rudbeckia read more
AIRE DE REPOS POUR COUSIN
MON JARDIN, SON EVOLUTION | September 24th 2007 by VANDERHOVEN
Ce diptère que l'on nomme communément 'cousin' (tipule) semble apprécier les fleurs de rubeckia. Cette plante tient admirablement, elle est toujours aussi jaune et seules quelques fleurs commencent à fâner. read more
Oh Henry!
Chitweed | September 6th 2007 by Gretchen
This one is going in a corner bed that is begging for more fall action. 'Henry Eilers' RudbeckiaIt gets about 4ft tall, and 2 ft wide.It loves the sun.It doesn't mind a bit of neglect (I can provide that).It also does pretty well as a cut flower.I h read more
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