Arikara Sunflower – Heirlooms for #WordlessWednesday !

100 year old Amaryllis – 9 stalks coming up!

This Amaryllis is my baby. It was my great-great Grandmother’s, and is well over 100 years old. It was handed down to me from my great Uncle Al, when he passed away in 2001.
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I repotted it last year, at about this time, but it didn’t bloom last December like it usually does.
Thought perhaps [...]

Rudbeckia "en masse" – What’s in a name?

When the garden becomes established after a few years of toil and patience, one can actually just rest on their laurels for a bit, ignore the weeds, and just enjoy being at one with the garden.
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That’s how I feel when witnessing flowers like these Rudbeckia’s filling out en masse, and providing striking colour to [...]