I love adding layers to the garden. An easy trick to help with height while you’re waiting for shrubs to mature is to put in …
Sowing flower seeds
Where I live, north of Tampa, Florida, is agricultural zone 9b. This means, the lowest temperatures are 25°F to 20°F. The past couple of years, …
Dividing bromeliads
Attending the USF Bromeliad Bash has inspired me to create better bromeliad displays. The first step is to divide a couple of the existing species …
USF’s Bromeliad Bash
I have been looking for a huge bromeliad ever since I decided not to purchase an $80 bromeliad that was ginormous from a local nursery …
Should you purchase cuttings and plants from etsy or ebay?
I am part of a central Florida gardening group on facebook. One woman from Lutz, just south of me but also in zone 9B, had …
See what grew in my cedar raised bed through this brutally hot summer
Not many of your typical garden edibles survive the brutal heat of the summer or the incessant torrents of rain. That’s why, today, Labor Day, …
Mystery Plant SOLVED!!!
There’s been a strappy leafed plant popping up for at least five years since I put the front walkway in. It faithfully reemerges each spring, …
Labor Day Shade Garden Tour
With cat vs coral snake battle extraordinaire The blazing heart is thinking about subsiding here in early September in Zone 9B north of Tampa, Florida. …
Please squeeze the shampoo ginger!
Unlink Mr. Whipple who proclaims, “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin,” this ginger is meant to be squeezed! I have had these for at least 15 …
Behold the Spectacular Beauty of Night Blooming Cereus!
An artist friend had posted a flower she affectionately dubbed “queen of the night.” She had sat up all night waiting for the plant to …