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In the Garden

In the Garden

Botanical detectives solve case

The case of my mysterious pink flowers has been solved, and the verdict is: Jewelweed. The latin for it turns out to be: impatiens glandulifera glandular, while "Himalayan Impatiens" and "Touch-Me-Not" also figure in the picture as common names for this wild, orchid-like flower that is pleasing my bees no end this weekend.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

Mysterious blooms bring bees back

Can anyone tell me what these flowers are? Pretty enough in themselves, they are more importantly attracting the bees back to my garden like mad. The other morning, I went out and could see at least eight to 10 bees busy flying in and out of these delicately deep pink flowers that seem to be a distant relation to orchids or Lady's Slipper, and are growing wild all around my yard.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

The Girl from Ipomoea

Morning glories have been a dream of mine for a long time. I keep trying to grow a luxurious vine of flowers as blue as any sea-swept shade of the Cote d’Azur, or the aqua topazes in any Maharani’s jewel box, or the colour of my sister’s eyes. But something always happens.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

On golden ponds

What is it about water gardens that are so compelling? I just got back from a holiday spent on a lake which had a marsh of infinite richness. There were acres of white water lilies, purple water hyacinths, arrowheads, and even the odd yellow water lily which had quite a different shape than the white ones. I’m a kayaker, and lover of water gardens of every description, and make a beeline for these kinds of places whenever I can.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

Deviating from the straight and narrow path

Here is what my mother said when she saw that I was planting flowers and herbs between the flagstones of the walk to my front door: "No." She had more to say: "WhatEVER in the world made you think of that?" Finally she burst out, "You just CAN'T!"
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

The Gardening Blues

I was looking at a beautiful photograph the other day of a garden planted with only white flowers. There were roses, delphiniums, lambs’ ears, and penstemon and a hundred other things, all in shades of cream to white. But I wondered: what do one-colour gardens say about the gardener? Is a garden religiously planted with one shade of bloom really only a control-freak kind of gardening gone mad?
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

The Zen of Weeding

“Crouch, bend, pull, throw—crouch, bend, pull, throw.” It is the mantra of weeding, and as mantras go, it’s pretty effective.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

Playing Tonight at the Gardens...

As I wrote recently, garden ornaments seem to be something you either love or hate. Then my brother-in-law, Rick, weighed in with his thoughts, opting for the argument that garden decoration can be practical too. The case in point? His hockey stick tomato garden. Rick explained it to me.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

Home for a gnome?

It’s a question that must be asked at a certain point—and all gardeners must face it. It’s that lurking thought at the back of your mind. The one that says, sure, even though you’ve poked fun at them, and vowed to never EVER have one…..that maybe you really DO want a garden gnome after all.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog

In the Garden

Accidental Green Thumb Has Nice Surprise

Gardening disasters come easily to me. Whether it’s a case of floral attention deficit disorder (FADD), or just occasional malaise--okay, maybe laziness too--I’ve grown used to killing things by accident.
» Read more in Terry OShaughnessy's blog