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September 14, 2022September 13, 2022Chris Mousseau

A Few Fading (cone)Flowers

Echinacea do not go gentle into that good night.They fade, thinking perhaps their petals are tree leaves. Maples? Oaks? Shades of pink, orange, tired looking old looking purple…before crinkly brittle brown edges appear, spread, engulf…fall.

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September 11, 2022September 10, 2022Chris Mousseau

Silent Sunday – Complementary Colour

July 31, 2022July 29, 2022Chris Mousseau

Silent Sunday – Above the maddening crowd…

July 2, 2022Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 02JUL2022 – Echinacea

Six coneflowers for this week’s Six on Satuirday

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June 1, 2022May 30, 2022Chris Mousseau

Wordless Wednesday – Mayapple

The seldom seen wide open flower of the Mayapple.

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May 22, 2022May 21, 2022Chris Mousseau

Silent Sunday – Aquilegia canadensis

July 16, 2021July 15, 2021Chris Mousseau

Flower Friday – Compass Plant

A native perennial I’ve loved since the moment I heard about it is the Compass Plant – Silphium laciniatum. I think my attraction was originally to the common name and then its striking height. It grows to about eight feet high in my garden some years, and its large basal leaves are said to point […]

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November 1, 2020October 30, 2020Chris Mousseau

Silent Sunday Seedhead

August 22, 2020August 21, 2020Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 22/08/2020 – Perfect Days

The last few weeks of August are often the most almost-perfect part of summer.

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August 8, 2020Chris Mousseau

Six on Saturday – 08/08/2020 – Summer with a Hint of Fall

It’s been a pretty lovely week in the garden: a bit of rain early on, enough to fill the rain barrels and keep the tomatoes and beans happy; a lot of sunshine to keep the roses and zinnias and peppers happy; new blooms loaded with pollen to keep the bees happy. Every Saturday, The Propagator […]

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