I’m Working on it

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Peggy Hill

I’ve been very busy lately. I have 3 articles in the Oct. issue of Alabama Gardener Magazine, and I just got back from girls’ weekend last Sunday.

yayasI’m working on a blog post about the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, but it’s not quite ready…probably early next week.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

I’m also working on my new blog for Alabama Gardener Magazine. It should launch next week. I’ll let you know. I’ve also got a new website that I should be working on, theplantho.com – don’t go there, it’s just a big circle back to here, but it’s more memorable than hiddenhillsgarden.com and easier to share with friends.

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Living Wall Planter

This one didn’t fit in my suitcase, so they mailed it to me.

And next week I need to followup with the stragglers.

Living WallHey Pamela, when are you sending my living wall?

So check back early next week for the post on the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and in the meantime I hope you join me in working on having some fun this labor day weekend.

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Peggy Hill

I think Wordless Wednesday is what bloggers do when they are too busy to write anything. Well I’m super busy, but I wanted to show you my favorite pictures from last week and maybe add a few captions.

Basil

Two of my favorite things are pesto season and wine time.

Dahlia

Ligularia denata 'Othello'

Ligularia denata ‘Othello’

Cestrum 'Orange Peel'

Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’


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Cestrum ‘Orange Peel’

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'

Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’)

Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline'

I know that the dark purple, grassy Pennisetum ‘Princess Caroline’ has been in every post for the last month, but it is so fabulous. How can I possibly choose this week’s best pictures and not include it?

Hidden Hills GardenHidden Hills GardenNo matter how busy I am, I always take time to enjoy my garden, and I hope that you take time to enjoy whatever it is that lifts your spirit.

 

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What Caught Their Eye

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Peggy Hill

Here I am, late on my blog again, but I have great excuses. Over the last month we finalized the sale of our Huntsville house and finished the excruciatingly painful job of removing 27 years from the house my children were raised in. It was a little sad, but after about 14 months on the market, we had said our good-byes. And living at the lake full-time is a happy thing.

Another time-consuming but WAY more fun event just ended. It was YaYa Family Fun Week at the lake with some of my grade-school friends and their families. You may call me crazy, but I enjoy having a dozen+ people stay at my house for 5-7 days. Of course their visit included a garden tour, and I was amazed when Noella’s 8th grade niece opened the notes app on her phone and asked me how to spell Pennisetum.

Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline'

Pennisetum ‘Princess Caroline’

I know it is one of the best plants in my garden, and you can read the article I wrote about it in the September 2012 issue of Alabama Gardener Magazine, but 8th grade girls are only interested in boys and what they are wearing to the party and if someone is mad at them…and boys. I know this because I still have the NOTEbook that Lorie and I used in 8th grade. I found it when I was cleaning the Huntsville house. Lorie and I were in different classes and exchanged the NOTEbook when we passed in the hall. Monica performed a dramatic reading of the NOTEbook for Lorie and I during family fun week. This has nothing to do with gardening, but I can’t resist posting a few entrees:

“Hi Lorie, Brenda keeps asking me who I like better Allen or Rob, and I honestly don’t know….I decided to wear my high-waisted jeans and my new shirt. Peggy”

“Peggy, How the hell should I know which one you like better? I think you like Rob better. I don’t know what I’m wearing. Lorie”

See? We were not the least bit interested in plants. So I thought it might be interesting to see what other plants momentarily distracted 8th grade girls from boys, and here’s their other favorites.

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Chocolate mint

Chocolate mint

I’m sure this first one made the list for its culinary quality and not its stunning good looks. It’s the chocolate mint planted in the lower right corner of Monica’s old grill.

The girls couldn’t remember the name of the next one, but I knew what they meant when they called it, “the poisonous one”.

Castor Bean

Castor Bean is highly toxic.

Also on their list was this wonderful native magnolia tree. The enormous leaves give it a great tropical feel. Mother Nature planted several on the property.

MagnoliaThanks for picking out such great plants Gabriela and Mylene! See you next year. And if you think that magnolia is fabulous now, you should have seen the May blooms.

Magnolia

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Managing Mosquitoes and Deliciousness

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Peggy Hill

Most of the figs aren’t ready yet, but a few ripened early, and Monica made this wonderful appetizer. It was DELICIOUS! The figs are stuffed with goat cheese, thyme, rosemary, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Thanks Monica! Delicious fig appetizerWhile deliciousness is good for food, it’s not good for people. I’m old and tough and hardly ever bothered by bugs, but my kids are young and tasty, and they get eaten up by the mosquitoes.

Those damn mosquitoes love Leandra.

Those damn mosquitoes love Leandra.

Last year one of the emails from Garden Writers Association was about a new mosquito repellent lantern. I may be a bit bold about asking for things, but it usually works for me, and a week later my free lantern arrived.

Thermacell LanternSpeaking of getting free shit, did you see the July/August edition of Alabama Gardener Magazine and that article about interesting tools? I could have had that assignment, but I was too busy to write it. Can you imagine how many cool tools I could have gotten for free? What was I thinking?

Anyway, back to the lantern. I’ve been meaning to tell you about this thing for awhile. It really works, but let me warn you; read the instructions. Don’t just turn the light on and think it’s working. That’s just a light. Read the instructions.
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Thermacell LanternOne of the reasons I’m posting about this now is that a couple of weeks ago someone – probably me – left it running on the front porch all night, and we ran out of fuel. Monica ordered refills from the website, but while waiting the kids were being devoured every time they ventured outside, so they resorted to smearing chemicals all over their bodies. I could hardly stand the stench. And after using that nasty-ass spray for the third day, Leandra started complaining about a bad headache. I told her to quit using the damn stuff and stay inside until our lantern refills arrived.

The story has a happy ending because now Leandra has the experience to state that the Thermacell Lantern works better than the noxious repellents she smeared on her skin, and I bought her another repellent to take when she goes to Monica’s.

Thermacell mosquito repellentFYI I’m not just sucking up to Thermacell so I can get more free shit. Every word is true, and I paid full price for my refills and this other thing. But if you guys at Thermacell ever launch any new products and need someone to test them, I’m your girl.

While linking to the Thermacell website, I noticed this personal cooling system. It sure does get hot here in Alabama. ;~)

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Lots going on

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Peggy Hill

There is much too much going on at the Hill house for even a short post, but I wanted to show you my favorite pictures from last week.

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This is the view from the front porch.
It looks like snow on the sidewalk, but it’s the blooms of the crepe myrtle ‘Natchez’.

Pineapple lily (Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’) against a background of Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’

Pineapple lily (Eucomis comosa ‘Sparkling Burgundy’) against a background of Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’

Native poke salad (Phytolacca Americana, ‘Sunny Side Up’) with Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’.

This is my favorite of all the spectacular newbies I planted this spring.
It’s a chartreuse selection of our native poke salad (Phytolacca Americana, ‘Sunny Side Up’) against a background of the grassy Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’.


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Ninebark 'Diabolo'; Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’.

Ninebark ‘Diabolo’ with Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’ in the background.

Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’

I’m a sucker for dark purple foliage, and I just LOVE that Pennisetum purpureum ‘Princess Caroline’. Mine is about 5 feet tall. I wrote about it in the September 2012 issue of Alabama Gardener Magazine.

Surf Frog HotelOne of the things that has been going on here is some major downsizing, and if I was more practical, you could buy the Surf Frog Motel at the Goodwill store. But I couldn’t part with it. Many a happy amphibian has spent a weekend vacationing here. When Jesse was little, the first thing he would do when we got to the lake on Friday was find a guest. He always took excellent care of them until Sunday’s checkout time.

Well, I better run and get my stuff done. Good luck to you and whatever you have going on.

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Fun Traditions

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Peggy Hill

I love traditions and fun parties. For us, 4th of July is both.

Everyone drove in from a different place at a different time, and when everyone finally got here, we numbered 16.

Everyone drove in from a different place at a different time, and when everyone finally got here, we numbered 16.

Old Guys Rule

Even our clothes have fun.

One of the guests was my ex-daughter-in-law Kristy. Her sandbox wedding to Jesse ended in 2nd grade when Jesse decided he was too young to be tied down. Anyway, one of Kristy’s hobbies is photography, and she took all the plant pictures for this post. We also did this in 2011, and you can read it here. I think it’s interesting to see what captures someone else’s eye, and she chose these pictures as her favorites.

Coneflower (Echinacea 'Coral Reef')

Coneflower (Echinacea ‘Coral Reef’)

This coneflower (Echinacea ‘Coral Reef’) is my favorite because it evokes such fond memories. Last Halloween Dale and I went to a ‘Hooker and Pimp’ party. Of course I dressed as a Plant Ho. It was an awesome costume. Inspired by Lady Gaga, I had flowers exploding from all my girlE parts. And this flower was part of my volcanic vagina. I called the arrangement my va-jay-jay bo-kay-kay.

Volcanic VaginaI would show you pictures, but I’m doing important work, www.SaveSmithLake.com and can’t afford to be any more ridiculous than I already am. Well maybe just one tiny picture.

Dan, president of Terra Nova Nurseries, gave me this plant in spring of 2012, and it’s doing really well.

Coneflower (Echinacea 'Coral Reef')

Coneflower (Echinacea ‘Coral Reef’)

Shasta daisy 'Becky'

Shasta daisy ‘Becky’

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Million bells (Calibrachoa 'Minifamous Dark Blue')

Million bells (Calibrachoa ‘Minifamous Dark Blue’)

Angelonia

Angelonia

Angelonia

Angelonia

Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'

Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’

Oso Easy Cherry Pie Landscape Rose

Oso Easy Cherry Pie Landscape Rose

Mandevilla

Mandevilla

Gloriosa lily (Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’)

Gloriosa lily (Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’)

Kristy picked some very nice plants to show you, and I recommend all of them. I am legally obligated to tell you that along with the Echinacea, I also got that rose Oso Easy Cherry Pie for free. I also want to mention that the shasta daisy needs a lot of deadheading, and unless you live in zone 9, you’ll need to lift the gloriosa lily in the fall.

If you want to know more about the gloriosa lily (Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’), you should subscribe to Alabama Gardener Magazine and read my article in the September issue.

Thanks for the pretty pictures Kristy! I’ll see you next year.

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Advice

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Peggy Hill

You can only do what you can do, and that’s all you can do.

I say that all the time, and last week posting a blog was beyond what I could do. I did walk around the garden last Tuesday and take lots of pictures. Then I chose my favorites for a blog post. Then I went to Jennifer’s house for 2013 girls’ weekend #3.

Jennifer said the best gardening advice I ever gave her was that when you have worked hard to get rid of those damn weeds, but you still have areas that you haven’t been able to get to yet, and they look like crap; don’t look at them. Look at the pretty parts and celebrate your victories, and never beat yourself up for not being able to do it all. Other equally ineffective ways to deal with weeds are to curse them, spit on them or pretend they belong to your lazy-ass neighbor.

Before I show you those pictures from last week I want to tell you the exciting news. One of the things keeping me so busy is my work to try and preserve 25,000 feet of magnificent shoreline on Smith Lake as part of the Forever Wild Land Trust. Well, last Thursday the Forever Wild Board voted unanimously to get a first appraisal on the land. This is very exciting and a huge deal. There is still much work to be done, but I already told you that I believe in celebrating victories, which is another reason you didn’t read a new blog last week.

Smith Lake Section 16Anyway, if you want more information, we have a website www.SaveSmithLake.com. And if you would please pause to say a little prayer, wish me well and send me some love, I would appreciate that. Like I said, there is still a lot of work to be done.

OK, now I’m ready to show you those pictures. And I advise you to add some of these great plants to your garden.

Daylily 'Moses Fire'

Daylily ‘Moses Fire’

 

3I posted about that container when I planted it, but I wanted to show you how well the coral bells (Heuchera ‘Paprika’) has grown. It’s fun to be a plant ho and get free stuff. Paprika came from Terra Nova Nurseries. Thanks Dan!

Free plants from Proven Winners.

Free plants from Proven Winners. New for 2014 and my garden.
The one in the front is a Torenia hybrid ‘Catalina Grape-O-licious’ and behind it is a wonderful coral bells (Heuchera ‘Dolce Blackberry Ice’).
Note to Marilyn: That one in the front is the one I was telling you about. It’s an annual for part shade to shade, and it should bloom from planting to frost. Best of all the bunnies don’t eat it, and the tag says, “Heat tolerant; deer resistant; deadheading not necessary; easy”.

6Another free plant is this Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Everlasting Garnet’. I got it at the Garden Writers Convention in 2011. It’s always exciting to see a plant bloom for the first time, and this one is so pretty it’s extra exciting. The description says the flowers change color as they age, and they end up lime green. I love lime green! I’ll post another picture when that happens.

Dewdrop plant

Dewdrop plant


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Pineapple lily (Eucomis ‘Sparkling Burbundy’) is the cool plant in the middle. The silver on the left is Artemisia ‘Prowis Castle’, and the purple bloom in the lower right is Stokesia.

Grill planter

If only Fred would come tend the grill.

Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’Why would anyone call this a giant leopard plant when they could say Farfugium  japonicum ‘Giganteum’.

Don’t be afraid of the Latin. It’s pronounced exactly the way it’s spelled

F-A-R-F-U-G-I-U-M

And for added enjoyment, pretend that you are Oprah Winfrey introducing a guest as you tell your friends it’s…

Farfugium japonicum Gi—–GANteum!

Moss lined pathThe Farfugium  japonicum ‘Giganteum’ is planted next to this lovely moss path that Leandra has been working on.

Leandra’s advice is, “If you want your moss garden to look natural, use several different types of moss instead of just one.” She also recommends Moss Acres as a source for information. We haven’t ordered any moss from them yet, but that may change soon. She mentioned they sell chartreuse moss, and I need some of that.

In rereading this blog I find it messy and rambling, but that’s OK. It matches my garden and my life. So my final piece of advice is that if something is messy and rambling, and there’s not much you can do to change it, learn to like messy and rambling. You’ll be much happier.

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It Just Grew There

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Peggy Hill

In my last post I mentioned that I am a plant ho, and people often give me free plants. 🙂

I talk about them under the tag ‘Plant Ho’, but it has been awhile since I talked about some of the free plants God/mother nature gave me.

Coreopsis major or Whorled Coreopsis

Coreopsis major or Whorled Coreopsis

Polygala grandiflora or Large-Flowered Milkwort.

Polygala grandiflora or Large-flowered milkwort.

Sometimes I try and send these plants back, but she just keeps planting them and planting them. Oh well. My new motto is “Weeds are God’s way of saying you should spend a day in the garden.”

That being said, I need to spend the day in my garden instead of writing on my blog, so this week I’m just posting a few pics of some of the many gifts God has given me.

Polygala grandiflora or Large-Flowered Milkwort.

goat's rue or Tephrosia virginiana

I was worried this was a weed, but it’s not.
It’s goat’s rue (Tephrosia virginiana).


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God didn’t really give me this next one. He gave it to the neighbor a couple doors down. I need to make friends with them. And then I need to learn how to propagate this. Propagating is fun!

Clematis reticulata or Clematis viorna

Clematis reticulata or Clematis viorna.
It would be so much easier if God left labels with the plants.

FYI whenever I post about gifts from God, I use the tag ‘It Just Grew There’. Unless I’m talking about the best gifts God ever gave me; then I use the tag ‘Family’.

I don't know if I've ever really introduced you to the kids. These pictures were taken several years ago at my dad's 90th birthday.

I don’t know if I’ve ever really introduced you to the kids. These pictures were taken several years ago at my dad’s 90th birthday.

This is my eldest, Monica.

This is my eldest, Monica.

My middle child, Leandra.

My middle child, Leandra.

And baby Jesse. - We don't really call him that anymore, but we did for a LONG time.

And baby Jesse. – We don’t really call him that anymore, but we did for a LONG time.

We like to have fun and enjoy life because everyday is a gift from God…and because we are all slightly crazy.

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I’m Behind

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Peggy Hill

I’m behind on weeding, mulching, planting, staking, watering, deadheading and absolutely everything else I need to do.

Pretty weeds

Pretty weeds

Helleborus Mrs. Betty Ranicar

I did find time to cut the fading flowers from Helleborus ‘Mrs. Betty Ranicar’.

I should have posted a blog last week, but I was gone. In fact, I posted the last blog from a hotel in Orlando where I was getting Jesse set up with an apartment and everything he needs to start at his new school. Then we met up with most of the family at Seabrook Island in South Carolina for a little vacation.

Helleborus Mrs. Betty Ranicar

Helleborus ‘Mrs. Betty Ranicar’ looks great after her haircut.

I have been writing lots of blogs in my head while I try and catch up in the garden. First I wrote a wonderful blog about the Angel Oak tree we visited while in SC.

Angel Oak Tree

Dale’s having fun.

Angel Oak TreeI used it as an example to tell you lots of good information, such as the only people who think you should use pruning sealer are the people selling the pruning sealer; and that a tree’s root system extends far beyond the canopy. I talked about how important it is to preserve amazing things like this tree and tied that in to the need to preserve the magnificent Smith Lake Section 16 land.

Smith Lake Section 16

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million bells (Calibrachoa ‘Minifamous Dark Blue’Then I went on to give other examples of plant this, not that.

Heuchera, Coral bells 'Cassandra'

This coral bells (Heuchera ‘Cassandra’) is nice, but…

Heuchera, coral bells 'Southern Comfort'

‘Southern Comfort’ is my absolute favorite.
Did you notice that the 4th Oakleaf Hydrangea has no leaves?
Add refill poison in vole control stations to the list of things I’m behind on.
DAMN VOLES!!!

Whiteflower Farm did a great job with the packing.

Whiteflower Farm did a great job with the packing.

Finally I wrote a witty little blog about being a plant ho. I told you all about how last year Proven Winners sent a nice big box of plants and that this year they sent a similar box PLUS a box of 8 shrubs in 5 varieties that will be new in 2014. I talked about what a wonderful life I have, and I concluded by mentioning that I might begin a new blog for Alabama Gardener Magazine. I’m still waiting to hear back from Jennifer E. about what she thinks of my suggested title:

Peggy’s Picks – Tales from a Plant Ho

My business card

My business card

There. Even though I’m still behind in the garden, at least I’m caught up on my blog.

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Mutant Foxgloves

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Peggy Hill

Warning: Foxglove is poisonous.

When my fabulous husband Dale said I should post a blog about the foxglove, I don’t think this is what he meant.

Foxglove, mutantfoxglove, mutantI put the glove in the picture to give it scale…and because I was pissed off. Foxglove isn’t supposed to have a flattened, wide stem. It should be circular like most other flower stems.

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mutant foxglove

Isn’t that weird? It just grew like that.

I posted that first picture on a site with super-smart plant people and someone told me exactly what was going on, but I don’t remember. I think it started with an A. The important information is that no one knows what causes it, so there’s nothing I can do about it, and there’s no more to say about it. So now I’ll show you the picture Dale probably had in mind.

foxgloveI’ve blogged about foxglove before, when there were no mutants, and as soon as I have a little more time I’ll find it and put a link here.

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