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The merits of turtlehead
Beckie Fox
Among late-blooming perennials, if you're looking for something interesting to try, consider turtlehead (Chelone obliqua). I’ve grown the common purple variety for at least a dozen years in heavy clay and semi-shade.
Waiting for colchicums
Beckie Fox
The pale buds of colchicum flowers will soon be pushing their way through the detritus of fallen leaves. These hardy bulbs play hide and seek as their strappy leaves emerge in spring and then disappear and lie low until early fall when their large cupped pink, white or purple flowers burst forth.
Two late-summer beauties
Beckie Fox
The aim of many flower gardeners is to have something in bloom from the cool days of early spring to the shortening days of early fall. Now that we’re in the last days of August, two bold perennials are hitting their stride: Joe Pye weed and rose mallow.
Time to plan your bulb strategy for spring blooms
Beckie Fox
I’ve placed a small order for spring bulbs — late if I had wanted new or rare varieties, but there is still plenty of choice. I concentrated on adding a few more daffodils as well as early crocus because they are so easy to pop in here and there.
Graceful grasses
Beckie Fox
Ornamental grasses are beginning to shine as we enter the end of summer. Grasses add much to a garden design — verticality, interesting seedheads, warm colours in autumn and architectural interest in winter — but it’s their gentle swaying in a breeze that draws my eye these days.
