Got a sunny, gravely spot or a wall you want decorated with dark pink flowers all summer? Meet Calliroe involucrata! It goes by a few common names – Poppy Mallow or Wine Cups. This flowering ground cover is absolutely stunning! I grow it here in our sandy soil in full sun right along the ground, [...]
Category Archives: Wildflowers
Embracing Clay in the Garden
March 14, 2010 – 10:10 am
Oh! The Agony & the Muckstacy of it All! Got the clay soil blues? Don’t sweat it! And, DON’T spend big bucks buying stuff to change your soil into something it’s not. I say – work with what cha got.
Instead of changing your conditions to suit the needs of the plants – choose plants [...]
No Such Thing as Too Many Flowers!
February 24, 2010 – 9:33 am
How on earth did a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey end up in the wilds of Ontario?
