Tag: Dianthus

  • Back in Valdobbiadene and Veneto

    Back in Valdobbiadene and Veneto

    Just about a month ago we were still in Italy and were returning to Valdobbiadene to visit family and friends. Oh how I miss Veneto! The drive was scenic (as usual) and I was thrilled to have a brand-new FIAT Abarth to drive. Whoa! Those things go fast and I certainly made sure that ours…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Regrowing Backbone

    Dianthus superbus. Cow Parsnip, Heracleum maximum. Cow Parsnip, Heracleum maximum, as “whisk”. Stylophorum lasiocarpum. Campanula punctata. The willow arbor gets a serious makeover. Where’s the fire? Smoke tree, Cotinus, with Lychnis coronaria. Centaurea montana. Yucca filamentosa. Still working on the backbone of the garden.