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Longlesson Ballad is one of my favorite introductions from Melanie Mason of North Country Daylilies in upstate New York. Melanie's introductions are strong, no-nonsense garden plants with lovely flowers, and Longlesson Ballad is no exception to that rule.

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Gypsy Romance is a lovely introduction from Melanie Mason of North Country Daylilies in upstate New York. Melanie's introductions are strong, no-nonsense garden plants with lovely flowers, and Gypsy Romance is no exception.

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RHS description -'Fl. 100 mm diameter, rounded; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or slightly truncate, light orange, with prominent white mucro, spreading, concave, margins minutely incurling at apex, of heavy substance, overlapping half; inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, slightly inflexed, with broad midrib showing, somewhat creased at shoulder; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, vivid orange, with mouth straight and neatly frilled.'
‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
Forcible, may then transplant to garden for bloom in subsequent years. Sweet scent.

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Said to resemble 'Foundling' but with whiter perianth and corona of better form. (registered in 1981).
Excellent to force in winter. May be translocated into garden after force to bloom in subsequent seasons.
Name from book 'Lord of the Rings' (made into movie this century, filmed in New Zealand).

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Tradescantias have blade-like leaves (usually thin) and are monocots, having one seed-leaf like grass or bamboo.

Considered perennials in their native range, many are house plants in the north. They are easily propagated by stem cuttings and will root in water.

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RHS description - 'Fl. 103mm wide; perianth segments 36mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, white, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, with midrib showing, irregular, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 25mm long, split to base, the six segments each closely overlying a perianth segment, forming an outer and an inner whorl of three, of the same width as the perianth segments, bi-lobed, with lobes overlapping, a little creased, light yellowish pink, with a broad band of moderate yellowish pink at rim, heavily frilled'.
‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk

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Believed to be "Both Seed and Pollen fertile" DaffSeek
Daffodil has a pleasing aspect. Forcible.

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there are a lot of wrong plants with this name - often they are similar to S. 'Alchemist' but it's not sure they are;

the correct S. 'Bernstein' has to bloom yellow - all the others are wrong labeled;

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This edible fruit is grown on a shrub or small tree. It is native to southern China. The fruit can be round or oval in various shades of yellow to orange. The peel is sweeter than the inside, which is rather sour.

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Fragrance of a poetaz citrus, very unique.
Corona of bloom (usually 3 / stem) goes through a 3 stage evolution, starting yellow, to bi-color (yel - wh), then all white. Usual to have 3 flowers on same stem w/ 3 different colors. This property is known as variation in the daffodil world.

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Veronica spicata "Sightseeing" comes in pink, white, or "blue." My eye sees light purple, though in shade it could be purplish blue. A very nice plant that really attracted all kinds of bees. In my yard it bloomed from late May & is still going strong in late September. I grew this in a one-gallon container, keeping it in full sun until the hottest days came. The foliage really suffered when I didn't water it enough. It never did have very long spikes, the maximum was probably 6 or 7 inches. It bloomed from the bottom up and the blooms at the bottom were long gone by the time it bloomed at the top. In my opinion, the shorter spikes of 3 or 4 inches were the prettiest because more of the spike was in bloom.

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I love honeysuckles. In fact I have lots of honeysuckle vines growing all over my garden. I am not the only one that loves them as all the honeysuckles are popular with the hummingbirds.

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I have grown beets for years and beets are easy to grow. This year I tried the Golden Beets for the first time. I like the fact that this variety does not bleed like the red beets do. I will be growing them again next year as I was pleased with those beets.

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This was my first time growing Michihli cabbage. Michihli is one of the Chinese greens. I found the leaves to be fuzzy, which was not what I was expecting. Therefore, I found that I simply did not like the Michihli cabbage and will not be growing it again.

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Janice Kellogg has a stunning old-rose flower form, nice and thick and all ruffled. Combine that with the red coloring and this rose can't be ignored. Simply stunning large thick flowers that do last nicely.

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Columbines remind me of spring meadows. Fortunately, we can have these meadow flowers in our gardens. Often the individual plants don't last long, dying out after a few years. Usually seedlings have popped up to replace the missing plants.

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Siberian Irises bloom late spring to early summer. The beardless iris flowers come in a rainbow of purples, off purples, yellows, and whites, with both single and double flower forms. Once established, Siberian Irises are totally care free.

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Bright Lights Swiss Chard is not only something good to eat, but also a truly lovely plant anywhere in the flower garden. Perfect for the cottage garden look. You never know the future colors of each stem because of all of the lovely yellows and reds.

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Last year I grew Bright Lights Swiss Chard, but I didn't like the flavor that much, so this year I tried growing the Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard. I grew my own from seed as it was very easy to germinate. I believe the Fordhook Giant has the best flavor.

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Louise Clements has the most lovely full and ruffled pink salmon flowers. The soft colors and the nodding form make Louise Clements one of my favorites. Classified in the shrub rose category, Louise Clements is a modern old-rose lookalike that stays remarkably disease free.

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