My Virtual Maryland Garden

This daylily was hybridized by Arlo Stout and released about sixty years ago. It's a hybrid of a daylily he knew as Hemerocallis al...

Although I've grown a few dahlias off and on over the years, I've never become a dahlia enthusiast. A big part of the ...

The handsome old montbretia variety 'Prometheus' had to be omitted when the recently posted group photograph of montbretias was mad...

If you like your cannas big, you'll love this one. The huge leaves really do look like leaves of one of the smaller bananas: the bota...

Until this plant began to bloom last week, I thought I knew what rudbeckias were all about. Mention coneflowers and the name brings up ment...

Five corms each of twelve different modern gladiolus hybrids were planted at the community garden plots earlier this year, and they ar...

Although there are those who insist that no such thing exists, I had a free lunch the other day. There was a small compost bin ...

While visiting mom at the rehab center last night I watched part of a television program which featured several local restaurants notable f...

Here’s a combination for lovers of scintillating color: montbretias,  marigolds and strawflowers. The name montbretia was in use thr...

This is the (or one of the) double flowered form of tiger lily. The first time I saw this many years ago I was immediately reminded of Der ...

This is Incarvillea delavayi , sometimes called the hardy gloxinia. It's not closely related to the florists gloxinia, Sinningia speci...

There is a short border in my community garden plots given over to plants with intense orange flowers: montbretias, marigolds and strawf...

It's been a full month since the last post, and this at one of the busiest times of the garden year. What happened? In mid-June, mom fel...

The upper image is of the inflorescence of Manfreda undulata 'Chocolate Chips'. The lower image is of the inflorescence of Manfred...

The poppies of the community garden field in the previous entry are all lightness, bright color and cheer. Back in the home gard...

The corn poppy season is rapidly coming to an end here: this might be the last substantial bouquet I get this year. If you go out into th...

The lilies shown here are (above) 'Tiny Padhye' and (below) 'Tiny Sensation'. These are new to me and were planted las...

Canna 'Ehemannii' is already blooming! This canna went through the winter dry in the clump of soil with which it was dug. It...

Things are happening so fast this year! I feel guilty that I am not keeping more extensive records, but with everything rushing in...

Agrostemma githago has been blooming freely for about a week, and the other day it was joined by poppies, poppies in numbers. These ar...