Olivia54984
Rachelle Towne, Wild Rose, WI, USmember
Gender: Female
Contributions
Climbing rose
Grows in my zone 4/5 garden, reblooms, not bothered by pest or disease.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Potting Shed
Fragrant Plants for Pathways
Fast-Growing Trees for Impatient Gardeners
Elephant's Ears
Dwarf Citrus Trees
Mulch for a Healthy Garden
6 Tips for Weed Control
Stylish Shady Containers
Colorful Selections for Shade
Lawn Alternatives
Containers as Focal Points
Save Money by Growing Your Own
Building a Compost Bin
Indeterminate or Determinate Tomatoes?
Homegrown / Homemade
Thoughts From a Foreign Field
Pretty in Pink
Slideshow: Beautiful Clematis
Plants that Spark!
Designing with Curved Terraces
NEW Video Series: There's a Better Way
Make a Succulent Topiary
Garden Confidential: A Plant Walks into a Bar
Plant an Easy-to-Water Strawberry Jar
Comfortable Alfresco Dining
Gender: Female
Grows in my zone 4/5 garden, reblooms, not bothered by pest or disease.
Recent comments
Re: Fast Growing Stalk
Rosecobb has nailed the ID on this.
posted: 6:44 pm on April 14thRe: Pretty blue-green-gray cypressy looking plant
Joray,
posted: 9:11 am on November 11thI just came across this pic of your Boulevard cypress. I have one in zone 4/5 in a protected location and it windburns and dessicates pretty easily. Be sure to wrap it with burlap through the winter. It does send out a lot of new growth every year, but without protection, looks scrubby too long.
Re: What plant(s) did you kill this year?
Ah! It takes a really "skillful" gardener not kill plants, but keep them alive and simply torture them throughout the summer, never allowing the plants to achieve their ephemeral garden glory.
posted: 10:14 am on October 2ndI have Lapin cherry I have been torturing attempting to espalier with bricks and string that is very close to throwing up its limbs in disgust and defeat. I also have been spiraling a balsam fir, keeping it at 6' tall, which it seems to actually like-- no pressure to grow tall and perform-- it has all the excuses in the book just to "be".
I didn't actually kill anything.
My favorite, new to me, new plant? It would have to be the red-leaf begonia saxifraga, a ground covering perennial, I planted in my scree garden.
Re: Chartreuse: A Slice of Sunshine
Sweet potato 'Margarita'
posted: 9:42 am on August 20thJewels of Opar "Kingwood Gold'
'Dart's Gold' Ninebark
Sumac 'Tiger Eyes'
Spirea 'Goldmound'
Admittedly, many have the word "gold" in their name, but with the sun working them, they pul up a lot of the chatreusey-green.
Re: Worried this might be invasive - it appeared on its own in several places
Did any one ever get a picture of this in bloom?
posted: 8:12 pm on August 14thRe: Marcia's Plant
It could be campanula carpatica. It comes in white or blue.
posted: 8:02 pm on August 14thRe: Marcia's Plant
It could be campanula carpatica, comes in both white and blue.
posted: 7:59 pm on August 14thRe: Unknown shade forest plant
It is not Canadian Ginger. That has a roundish, shiny leaf. This has a spotted leaf. It's common name is evergreen ginger, native to Tennesee. I'm not sure if that isn't the same as the Latin one mentioned by the first poster. This not an arum.
posted: 7:52 pm on August 14th