Violet and Pansy Vintage Floral Art

This design has vintage floral art of colorful yellow, purple, white and blue pansies and violets. You can find it on editable stationery, mailing labels, blank art cards and decor. Related on theGardenPages:Home Grown Tomatoes Gardener Art on Tees, Stickers Do you grow your own tomatoes? Show off your gardening tal…

Brush Cherry; Drought Tolerant Screen Plant Profile

Brush Cherry, or Carolina Laurel is a pretty, dependable garden shrub that grows quickly into screens or hedges.  These shrubs can grow up to 30 feet tall and 10 – 12 feet wide.  I have seen mature stands of Carolina Laurel grow even taller. Carolina Laurel is versatile too, growing in full sun to part Read More…

Cranberry-Pear Or Apple Dessert For Abundant Autumn Gardens

If you are lucky enough to be harvesting lots of pears or apples this fall, or just looking for a new dessert dish, here are two simple and tempting recipes using fresh fruit from the garden.  One combines cranberries and pears, the other uses blackberries and apples.  Feel free to mix and match berries depending Read More…

A Green Bean Garden Bonanza? Garden Fresh Recipes, Lore and Labels

When my son was about 6 years old he used to pick green beans right off the vine and eat them in the garden.  As a mom I was thrilled he was getting his organic vegetables fresh as a gardener I was happy to overlook the occasional damage caused by his harvesting technique. If you Read More…

Towering, Drought Tolerant Pink Hollyhocks in California for #FloralFriday

My neighbor’s hollyhocks are blooming again. They tower over her garden with huge flowers and I admit to being a wee bit jealous. The old-fashioned garden hollyhock of my childhood storybooks is also called Althaea rosea. They are native to the Mediterranean region which means they make perfect flowers for a low water yard. See? Read More…

What’s Blooming In Southern California This April

Wondering what to plant now that will bloom next spring?  Here are a few heat-resistant, drought-tolerant ideas for you.  All of the plants in my garden are growing on rainfall alone.  Umm, OK, when it was 120 degrees last year I may have given them a little extra water, but that was it, really. I Read More…

Spring Flowers In Southern California

Warm weather is bringing flower blossoms and sprouting bulbs here in Los Angeles. Here are a few pretty baubles blessing my garden right now: Lavender is blooming all over. We’ve has a few bouts of rain lately and the lavender is putting on an extra fragrant show. This one is in my ‘back 40’; an Read More…