ROCK ROSE

Lady Banks' rose, Rosa banksiae, is one of the most popular roses grown around world. Hardy, thornless and untroubled by the usual rose ...

    Ask me what my favorite thing to do beside gardening and I will tell you "visiting gardens" local gardens on tour, gardens of ...

Several years ago I bought a packet of freesias to grow indoors. I thought they would brighten the winter home. They grew lanky and although...

Today a white California poppy bloomed in the sunken garden. Some years ago I purchased a packet of seeds called "white linen" Eve...

Today I picked some of the spring flowers that are blooming in the garden today. They will be the centerpiece of the table for dinner tonigh...

Finally, a catch! Mr Mousy has no sympathy for the hispid cotton rat that was in the trap this morning. This is his patch and intruders are...

An early bloomer this year is the Agarita, Mahonia trifoliolata. Its yellow blossoms have a delightful perfume which fills the air. To follo...

But keeps coming back! For several days I have been noticing a good deal of nibbling going on in the garden. For an enclosed garden this is...

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams I am out with my camera searching for February blooms. There are quite a few. I know spring is in the air when...

This past weekend it was the Heart O Texas Orchid show at Zilker Gardens. The show happened to coincide with the arrival of English visitors...