Tag: palms

  • Wordless Wednesday: Green Peeks from Sicily, Italy (Sicilia, Italia)

    Tassel Hyacinth aka Muscari comosa or Leopoldia comosa. (Photo taken at Villa Romana del Casale.) Possibly date palm—let me know if you can identify it. (Photo taken at Villa Romana del Casale.) One of many Cercis siliquastrum seen blooming in Sicily in April. (Photo taken in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento at the garden wall…

  • Why sometimes you must wait for a plant…

    By the time I accept that a blast of very cold air is about to hit my garden, I am usually too late to save everything. This year, by some incredible stroke of luck, and I think a dash or guilt, I was out there earlier than usual, working on the winter shuffle. For our…