1003 Gardens

One in Adelphi, Maryland, one in Wildwood, Florida, one at the US National Arboretum with a grandfatherly interest in many more around the DC area (unless noted, pictures are taken the day of post)

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Any Mudflat is Better than None!

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 And this one is more or less west of the road so the sun is behind me viewed from the road. I say as though this was a permanent situation....
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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Rain at Last!

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  Sitting on the porch enjoying the rain You have to be a gardener to know how wonderful I feel listening to the first rainfall in weeks of ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Drunken Sailor, Combretium indicum indicum

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Best, and most, common names ever: Burma Creeper, Madhavi lata, Chinese Honeysuckle, Irangun malli, Ishq peccan, et alia . I read at some po...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Hurricane Idalia Coming to Wildwood!

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Tropical Storm Idalia will break from Cuba, become a hurricane, and race north northeasterly picking up strength till it crosses from the ma...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Odontonema strictum, Mexican Fire Spike: hot color in the shade

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 If only I'd known about the shade deal when I planted it! In 2007, I sited it on the se facing back wall of our large shed. It was blea...
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ChrisU
Wildwood, Florida, United States
I retired in 2019 as the horticulturist for the Asian Collections at the US National Arboretum. Plants and Gardens continue to be my life,. Karen and I have a small garden in 9a Central Florida.
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