Over the past few years, I have cultivated a taste for coleus plants. I grew up during the 1950s, and I do not remember that the coleus plants of my childhood were as vividly colored as they are now. The
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Jacki Kellum
Focus on Coleus Plants, Sometimes Called Painted Nettle
Disease-Resistant Roses: Focus on Antique Roses
Alternatives to Knockout Roses: I have never bought a knockout rose, and I never shall. Knockout roses may have knocked out a few of the diseases that plague many roses, but unfortunately, they simultaneously also knocked out the fragrance, too.
Read moreDown My Garden Path – Elements of a Cottage Garden
Better Homes and Gardens online has a great article that details the elements of a cottage garden, and one of those elements is that of curved, natural pathways. My garden is a veritable maze of curved pathways: “Create soft meandering
Read moreAn Airy Container Planting with White Scaevola, Dichondra Silver Falls, Pink Penta, and Purple Angelonia
Container Planting – Jacki Kellum Garden Before this year, I never grew annuals, other than impatiens, zinnias, sunflowers, and lantana. But this year, I have bought several container plantings, such as this one which has purple Angelonia, pink Penta, white
Read moreList of Cottage Garden Plants that Require Alkaline Soil
While it might seem that it isn’t important, understanding your soil’s PH level is very important, and I have discovered that most cottage garden flowering plants need soil that is more on the alkaline side of the spectrum. Alyssum “Lobularia
Read moreLet’s Hear it for the Old-Fashioned, Almost Wild Daylilies
Daylilies arrive just in time to hide the foliage of the iris that have completed their bloom cycle. In the above photo, the iris foliage is the dark bluish green in my garden that day. For may years, I was
Read moreI’m A Black-Eyed Susan Kind of Gardener
I have a very distinctive taste in gardening–it is a bit like me. My garden is loud–in a prayerful sort of way. The colors in my garden clamor for attention and as they call, they challenge each other. But during
Read moreSpring in the Cottage Garden
Jacki Kellum Garden Early Spring “Long before winter is ready to leave the cottage garden, spring has started to coax blossoms from the bare branches and the cold dark soil. Hazel twigs are hung with yellow ‘lamb’s tail’ catkins, and
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