Cottage Gardening
Hydroseeding is a process of planting that uses slurry of mulch and seed. Often, it is used as a technique for erosion control on construction sites as a replacement of the conventional process of sowing dry seed. There are some things that can affect the process and it may also encounter some hiccups. It may…
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…
BOTANICAL:Dianthus barbatus PRONOUNCED: dy-AN-thus bar-BAY-tus COMMON: Sweet William BLOOM: Early June to mid-July HEIGHT: 6″ – 2 ft. LIGHT: Sun ZONE: 5 – 8 June – Bicolor. Color combinations range from crimson to pink. Also available in solid white, pink, salmon, purple, red or lavender. COMMENTS: Sweet Williams are well-known cottage garden plants cultivated since…
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…