Gardening with Soule

Foxgloves still blooming!
Digitalis purpurea grows 2 to 4 ft in height and it blooms June through September, although these are still blooming in October.
Foxglove is a source of digitalis  which is prescribed by doctors to strengthen the heart and regulate the heart beat.  It is also VERY poisonous!   But Beautiful too!   Just goes to show [...]

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 The theme for Photo Hunter this week is “Twisted”.Â
This is a photograph of a morning glory ready to open.
 

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 A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.~ Walt Whitman

Gardening Gone Wild is hosting their monthly photo contest.  This month’s category is Ornamental Grasses.  Here’s my entry~
 

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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.~
Walt Whitman

 Lilacs welcome spring and early summer with their fragrance and beauty.  Their bouquets fill our homes with the scent of nice weather and sunshine.  That is why I chose it for my flowering shrub (tree) picture in the Gardening Gone Wild~ Picture This  Photo Contest. Head on over to see all the rest of the entries.  There [...]

In an earlier post, I submitted 3 photos in the Gardening Gone Wild  Picture This Photo Contest. The subject was roses.  I am honored to say that one of my pictures was chosen for first place.Â
Many really great photos of roses were submitted.  Southern CA garden photojournalist Debra Lee Baldwin had the tough job of  judging the [...]