It was so lovely to sit in the shade garden today after work. Our Texas Gold Columbine is in full bloom and I love the unusual shape of the full flower, just exquisite. Texas Gold Columbine is a perennial and of course native to Texas. It does best in shade to part sun and blooms [...]
Our Red Kramer Camellia is full of buds. Red camellias are a symbol of wealth and so they are rightly grown in P&B’s Garden. Some history I found on Monrovia’s website lists that camellias represent longevity and faithfulness and have long been a primary floral component in Asian weddings. I cannot wait until next week [...]
Many of you have called Paul to play golf or go out on your boat, or just hang out this summer and heard him say …. “I am sorry, I can’t go….. I am working on my yard project”. This did not sound like Paul to you….and I am sure you wondered [...]
Above – Shade Garden – Today – July 26, 2009
Below-Shade Garden – April, 2009
It has been almost four months since demolition started in our shade garden. Our go green project, as you know, was devastating, as our contractor did not deliver on what was promised. We lost our drainage system, sprinkler system and shade garden.
Paul [...]
The drains are in and we are ready to plant. A long road for Paul to get here…. and ……my heart goes out to him.
I love the color that my azaleas give to my front flower bed. This bush blooms three times a year and as you can see gives you the most beautiful blooms. I planted mine in the front bed because they need morning sun at least 4 hours which is more than traditional azaleas. Encore is [...]
Every night after work I would to go out and water all my flower pots. It took almost an hour, it was hot and I was eaten alive by mosquitos. We installed an automatic watering system in all my flower pots. Now all my flower pots are watered “while I am sleeping” — what a [...]
We had a special visitor today at PB Garden. Hannah came by to see us and immediately put on her gardening hat ready to water the Camellias and Pansies that were blooming. What a special day it was for me to see Hannah, Olivia Paul and Deepa. Remember Hannah, say hello to Nana Joy for [...]
Hi Jack !!!
Jack had a seat in the asparagus fern and kept a careful watch over the trick or treaters this Halloween. Jack looks very stressed out this year even though there were only three trick or treaters. I was in charge of the door so I made the entry spooky yet delightful for the [...]
I am so glad it is Saturday. I had my coffee and read a new garden magazine in the shade garden. Earlier last month the hostas were still in bloom and breathtaking. This morning our red banana was reaching up towards the oak tree with tropical elegance, surrounded by holly fern, sweet potato vine and [...]
