Archive for October 2009
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Fall is time for planting bulbs. Many gardeners are familiar with the spring bulb Scilla sibirica, but another great squill is Scilla bifolia.
Scilla bifolia is a beautiful, small squill which has an open flower head of tiny bright blue-lilac flowers in early spring. Colors can range from white, blue, pink, or violet. In the wild Scilla bifolia grows in groves and sandy fields in Austria and Germany. In the garden, it will grow in sun; it is also one of the bulbs that does particularly well in shade. Like other Scilla species it is fairly deer-resistant.
Scilla sibirica photo credit: D. Mattis
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
For the past several weeks, I have had the pleasure of visiting gardens in their fall splendor in preparation for the 2010 Garden Day (It will be on Sunday, September 12, 2010 if you are the type who likes to mark your calendar.) Some wonderful fall plants I have seen in these travels include: asters, anemone, and phlox. But great types of plants that always add to a fall garden are grasses.
Grasses add texture, movement, and color to the garden of Pat Smith. photo credit: R. Robert
In particular, we visited the garden of Pat Smith, who uses grasses to add…
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Autumn is upon us in the Delaware Valley and I find myself scheduling several early morning and late afternoon “golden hours” each week to try and capture the fleeting transition of the flora around us. It is this fleeting nature of autumn that captivates me this time of year as a photographer. One day, just a few hours or even just a few seconds can make an entirely different moment any time of year, but autumn seems to be exceedingly fleeting and what might be a beautiful scene of fall color one day might be a bare landscape the next.
Reflections…
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