Shelley Barnett
A Season of Flowers
Cut flowers bring natural beauty into our homes and I wanted to enjoy them all season long. My perennials provide wonderful flowers but...
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Shelley Barnett
Oct 6, 2019
Plant Profile: Baptisia
False Indigo bap-TEE-zsah long blooming native tough, virtually pest- and disease-free attractive foliage with intriguing seedpods, a...
Shelley Barnett
Jun 12, 2019
A Few of My Favorite Things
The weather has been spectacular. First we had a cool, rainy spring which allowed me to divide countless perennials, plant bunches of...
Shelley Barnett
Jul 20, 2018
It's Easy Being Green
According to Kermit, "It's not that easy being green; having to spend each day the color of the leaves." I believe it IS easy being green...
Shelley Barnett
May 31, 2018
My Tiniest Garden
We love all things tiny . . . tiny humans, tiny houses, tiny versions of our favorite foods. Why not create tiny gardens too? As a...
Shelley Barnett
Jan 28, 2018
Ghost Plants and Other Apparitions
At the end of the season many perennials die back. As they lose their color they become ghostly versions of themselves before fading back...
Shelley Barnett
Oct 7, 2017
Monarchs of the Meadow
Walking in my local meadow is a favorite pastime of mine. Since not seeing any monarch butterflies there in 2014, I've noticed an...
Shelley Barnett
Sep 18, 2017
Busy Bees
It's September and the bees are in a frenzied state gathering every bit of nectar and pollen they can from the late season flowers. They...
Shelley Barnett
Aug 11, 2017
Luscious Lotus
There is a treasure in my neighborhood that is unexpected and beautiful. In a garden, in a small pond, is the most wonderful lotus plant....
Shelley Barnett
Jul 16, 2017
Transformations
I am intrigued by nature's transformations finding them beautiful and unique. Observing these transitions over days, weeks and years, I...
Shelley Barnett
Jun 1, 2017
Plant Profile: Iris
Iris EYE-riss well known and loved perennial beautiful blooms in many colors and forms good in beds, rock gardens and wet areas around...
Shelley Barnett
May 12, 2017
The Dirt on Spring
I love the smell of dirt on my hands after they have been scrubbed clean. It means I have been digging in the garden long enough that the...
Shelley Barnett
Apr 27, 2017
Plant Profile: Primula
Primrose PRIM-yew-lah most bloom in early spring over 400 species grow in varied conditions sun to shade, wet to dry thrive in woodland...
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