What's blooming in the Witch's Garden?

Penstemon digitalis, a Foxglove native to the eastern and western United States and Canada turns out to be quite adept at spreading itself. It’s a lovely, though slightly more delicate version of Foxglove, with striking redding foliage. I noticed it’s spreading from the one I planted last year, to four or five new plants this […]

I love Foxglove. They used to be known as Fairy Thimbles. I was at a nursery the other day and they had a section for fairy gardens. The packaging was too neat, too professional and of course, there were no plants whatsoever associated with fairies. But there were cute little houses and decorations to scatter […]

Gardens are loved for their color. Witches are fond of their blacks. So we have to work in some black in here someplace. I ran across these Black Pansies at our local nursery this year, and filled half the containers out there on the table with them. Like a lot of black plants, Black Hollyhocks […]

Belladonna was one of the first witch plants I set out in my garden. I had no luck getting it started from seeds, and so ordered three plants. Two came back the first year, I ordered two more. This year only one came back, and I nearly pulled it up, thinking it was poke weed. […]

About four years ago I planted English Ivy. It succeeded and grows thick and heavy, which is what I wanted. I felt exposed to my right when I sat on my bench. This spring a Lilac bush I planted at the same time finally lived up to its promise. That whole section of the garden […]

I have three Clematis vines, growing in three different spots. All three started off the season blooming well, and as of the end of May, two are still at it. Unfortunately one not only stopped blooming, even the vine appears to have died. It’s at the corner of a roof and so got a lot […]