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Cooling White for the Summer Gardens

Cooling White for the Summer Gardens

May 22, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

Is there anything more cooling than beautiful, white blooms and leaves nodding in the shade of a pretty summer garden?…
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Clown flowers laugh at the heat with style

Clown flowers laugh at the heat with style

May 19, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

I was wandering through the garden center looking for something to put together a pretty bowl of flowers for the…
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Red flowers and Foliage for Summer Gardens

Red flowers and Foliage for Summer Gardens

May 17, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

Rangoon Creeper is a tropical vine planted for its showy, color-changing blooms and tough habit. The flower color is white when they first open and darkens to pink and finally dark red as they mature. The name of the genus Quisqualis is Latin for “What is this?” because early plant explorers would collect the various forms of the plant, shrubby, vine, with or without spines and varying foliage and flower colors. It must have been a frustrated taxonomist who eventually applied the quizzical name.

Periwinkles provide excellent color in hot summer gardens

Periwinkles provide excellent color in hot summer gardens

May 10, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

When the summer heat arrives, and the flowers planted for color in the cool weather fade quickly, planting flowers in…
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All Moms Deserve Roses

All Moms Deserve Roses

May 7, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

Carol,   My 91-year-old mother is looking for the Florida Cracker Rose. I would like to get this rose for…
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Plant a Maypop vine for Mom

Plant a Maypop vine for Mom

May 3, 2021 By Carol Cloud Bailey Leave a Comment

On your way to Mom’s place, stop by a local plant nursery. Pick up a maypop vine to plant in…
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