WiseAcre Gardens

Double Decker Bee Balm

WiseAcre — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:10:58 +0000

It’s not unusual to see an established bed of red Bee Balm sport a few double decker blooms. Monarda didyma Available as desktop background (1024 x 768) Back at our old home site some red bee balm still persists in the abandoned garden and seems to have far more than the usual odd sport. In fact [...]

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Dianthus – Neon Star

WiseAcre — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:45:51 +0000

This bright flowered perennial caught my attention at the local garden center the other day. The tag clearly stated it was a zone 5 – 9 plant but I bought 3 of them anyway. Seeing minus 30 F. is no surprise around here in the winter so I am certainly taking my chances even though [...]

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Work Work Work

WiseAcre — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:42:54 +0000

OR What I do for Fun I’ve been slowly making progress on a garden project since March and finally can see the end in sight. As usual I forgot to get before photos. It’s not that I really forget, it’s more like I hate to preserve an ugly image. So here’s a little something that’s occupied in total [...]

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