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THE UGLY GARDEN

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/18/2021 • ( 9 )

FOTD – June 18 – The Ugly Garden Terrible things happened to our front garden this year. It has always been messy but this year, it has gone beyond messy into downright ugly. Binding, strangling vines are everywhere and things are… Read More ›

WHY SO LAZY DAISY?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/04/2021 • ( 3 )

FOTD – June 4 – BLACK-EYED SUSAN Coming this summer, my favorite late wild summer flowers — the Black-eyed Susan. Are these daisies or asters? I always assumed they are wild daisies. And the answer? Well, really — both. Rudbeckia hirta,… Read More ›

MORE ORCHIDS AND MORE ON THE WAY – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/13/2020 • ( 6 )

Orchids – FOTD – April 13 Each day they buds get fatter and now, the older flowers are beginning to wilt a bit. Just a little bit. They are still looking pretty healthy. I think in about a week the… Read More ›

CHRISTMAS CACTUS BLOOMING AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/11/2020 • ( 20 )

FOTD – 02-11-2020 – Christmas Cactus I didn’t even realize it had started blooming because part of the table cloth on which the plants stand is red. But it’s blooming. Not with quite the verve it showed last November and… Read More ›

PINK CHRISTMAS CACTUS BLOOMING – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/06/2019 • ( 9 )

Pink Christmas Cactus – FOTD – 04/06/2019 The pink cactus is blooming up a storm. I think I got the color a little better today, maybe because the light was better yesterday when I took the pictures. It was a… Read More ›

CHRISTMAS IS A COMING & THE BUDS ARE GETTING FAT – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/29/2018 • ( 15 )

And the buds are getting fat! – FOTD – 11/29/2018 The buds are fatter and today, I finally watered the plants. Worriedly because watering too soon can kill all the buds. I did it last year and had to start… Read More ›

BUDDING CHRISTMAS CACTUS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/25/2018 • ( 20 )

FOTD – November 25, 2018 Proving again that you really do need light to take pictures please enjoy the impressionistic photographs of my budding cactuses. They are impressionistic because there was almost no light. I think maybe I’ll start a… Read More ›