Fall Planting Marathon

Quite incred­i­bly, we’ve been enjoy­ing a very extended sum­mer here in Sub­ur­bia.  Yes­ter­day was a record-breaking 92°.  This is one of the few sum­mers I can recall in which we did not get our first snow­fall of the sea­son in September. Don’t get me wrong — I am not com­plain­ing.  Ever since get­ting back from [...] Read more »

Partridge Feather, Woolly Thyme, and Pussytoes

Just as I’d promised myself I would not do, I bought this plant at the nurs­ery based on looks alone.  I knew noth­ing at all about it but loved the color and tex­ture.  Luck­ily, it turned out to be a good purchase. Latin Name: Tenace­tum Amani Com­mon Name: Par­tridge Feather It grows to 8–10″ and has [...] Read more »