Garden Musings

Despite my momentary elation at the triple alliteration of the title, Professorroush finds it hard to believe that he has never raved in lyr...

 I've spoken before about the surprise to me that peonies seem to volunteer everywhere in my garden and of the   volunteer peonies  that...

Okay, the first rule of 2021 is that we don't talk about "the year prior."  We leave behind here all reference to the misery a...

And.....winter again.  Just as ProfessorRoush was hoping to put the seasonal losses behind us, spring whimpered out of the way and let winte...

A few weeks ago, on a partially random internet purchasing foray, I came across How Not to Kill a Peony; An Owners Manual , a 2018-dated pap...

'Buckeye Belle' The peony show is nearly over for this year, but due to sold out crowds, I have booked it for another showing ne...

No, this is not a photograph of a psychedelic alien landscape from a light-lifetime away, nor is it a scene from Charlie and the Chocolate...

Another mystery of my garden was revealed last night when a volunteer peony seedling (sapling? stalk? plant?) opened for the first time.  Un...

In contrasting fashion to Picasso and his blue phase of painting during years of depression, ProfessorRoush seems to be going through a yell...

Friends, ProfessorRoush has reached, at last, his Winter Nadir.  I've had it.  I've spent far more time than I can spare discussing ...

I don't know where the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" originated, but sometimes even a picture is inadequate to ...

Well, at least the other side of my front bed.  In contrast to the yellow border that comprises the right side of my front landscaping , the...

In a post written last March titled Mowing Bedlam , I described how I've completely ceased any extensive maintenance on my iris and dayl...

Peony 'Shirley Temple' As filler, my local newspaper this week picked up an article on peonies written by Adrian Higgins from The...