Cottage Gardening
BOTANICAL: Chionodoxa luciliae PRONOUNCED: kye-oh-no-DOKS-uh luh-SIL-ee-ay COMMON: Glory-of-the-snow BLOOM: Late March to mid April HEIGHT: 6″ – 8″ LIGHT: Sun ZONE: 3 – 9 March – Blue or pink flowers with white centers. COMMENTS: Six-pointed, 1-inch upward facing flowers with conspicuous white centers, generally 8 to 10 to a stalk. Easily naturalized by self-seeding and bulb…
Achene: A dry, indehiscent, oneseeded fruit. Aciculate: Needleshaped. Acid soil: Soil with a pH level below 7. Acuminate: Gradually tapering to an elongated point. Acute: Sharply pointed with an angle less than 90 degrees. Adpressed: Lying close and flat against. Adventitious: Developing in an abnormal position. Agamic: Asexual; reproducing by means other than seeds. Air…
A pleached hedge is one in which branches have been bent down or interwoven to form a living wall. This very ancient technique was known to the Romans and mentioned by Julius Caesar who saw it used as a military obstacle in Flanders. In Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare refers to “Walking in a thick…