Still Blooming What’s left blooming in our garden now are just some hardy roses, calendula and the broccoli that we let bloom for the bees (though technically a vegetable). The re-blooming iris are just producing flower buds which may or may not bloom. The weather has been staying around 50º F during the day and drops down below 40º F at night. Last week it … Continue reading Basement Garden
About Time To Go Back To Winter Camp It’s a little bit too cold for mid-September this year. Some nights the temperature has gone down below 40°F and hovered around mid 50°F during the day. But it has gone up to 70°F during in the last two days. The thirty degree gap between high and low temperatures makes it difficult for me to decide whether … Continue reading Later Summer For Tropical Plants
Never Too Many We have two Orange Jasmine (Murraya paniculata) that have never stopped blooming. It doesn’t matter where they are, under artificial light in the basement, in the bay window or on the pool deck in summer, they bloom. They deliver that delicious scent reminiscent of the tropics in the middle of winter. I let the flowers set fruit that look a little like … Continue reading Little Orange Jasmine
The Orange Jasmine Welcome I don’t like photographing flowers at night; they never come out the way I want them to. Tonight was an exception. I got a text message from Bill while on the train coming home. Having arrived home ahead of me, as soon as he opened the door a strong but delicate fragrance of Orange Jasmine (Murraya paniculata) welcomed him in. … Continue reading Natural Air Freshener
Petals and Wings 