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The picture says it all. River birch bark looks great in winter. The good news is that winter is just about over, even the snow you see in this picture is gone. Woohoo! This is an installment in the OhWhatAWednesday series, where I dare to take on the task of finding something in my . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – River Birch Bark Looking for a lovely winter garden? Look no further. Here I am in mine. Well, mine sort of. Its mine till we get back on a plane from Kauai. Hawaii’s idea of winter is not exactly the same as Chicago’s idea of winter. Think sand, surf, sun, and snorkel. Snorkel was our ‘S’ word today. . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – When All Else Fails… I’d like to introduce you to Curly. Curly is a contorted filbert, also known as Harry Lauder’s Walking stick, also known as corkscrew hazel, also known as Corylus avellana. How appropriate to put this shrub in this weekly series on winter interest. Curly has been in our yard for about 10 years now, and is . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – Contorted Filbert Here’s a hardy vine for you. It is December 30th, and American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) looks this good in our Chicagoland zone 5. It has probably taken 5 years for it to twine around the deck posts and have berries. Looks to me like it was worth the wait. Now that it has decided to . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – American Bittersweet How about this for some surprising autumn color?
The bright pink is October Daphne sedum. It is such a cute little thing. We bought 5 small plants in 2007 and planted them amongst our ivy on the berm. I think some were eaten by the ivy, so we moved . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – October Daphne Sedum Today’s ‘OhWhatAWednesday’ article could be titled ‘OhMyGoshItsSunday’. Sorry about the delay in posting this week’s article. The work world commanded every waking hour this week. I’ll make up for it. Right after this article, I’ll post one on dahlias. So here we go… This simple strawflower is among the daring few flowers still looking good . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – Strawflower I can’t help but wonder when my garden will be truly done for the year. We are surprisingly still picking dahlias, a variety of sedums look great, and then there are the grasses. Gotta love the grasses. They’ll add texture to the garden all winter. Today, we’ll talk about Autumn Joy Sedum. Here is how . . . → Read More: OhWhatAWednesday – Autumn Joy Sedum This is the third is a series of weekly installments entitled ‘OhWhatA Wednesday’. The intent will be to let you know what looks good in my yard each Wednesday. I’ll have to admit taking a little liberty with the timing for this one. These pictures were taken a week ago. Lets focus (quite literally) . . . → Read More: OhWhatA Wednesday – Goldenrod and Aster A new series! I’m calling it OhWhatA Wednesday. Every Wednesday I’ll be posting information about something that looks lovely in my zone 5 garden right now. Today, it’s the aptly named Beautyberry Bush. This is not the same plant as the Beautybush, so please don’t get them confused. We are looking at Callicarpa. The . . . → Read More: OhWhatA Wedneday – American Beautyberry Bush I’d say the operative word in the title of “We’re planning a patio” is “planning”. We’ve been planning it for a while. Ever since the driveway bricks from a neighbor found their way to our yard. You don’t want to know how long ago that was. Really, you don’t. So if you think our patio . . . → Read More: We’re Planning A Patio |
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