Spring in the ‘Hood 6
What’s blooming now in Nashville? Redbuds, cherry trees, phlox, & crabapple.
Spring in the ‘Hood 5
What’s blooming today in Halcyon Garden?
Botanical Homage to Japan
In Japan right now, families should be enjoying the sakura zensen, the “cherry blossom front” that sweeps northward from Okinawa to Hokkaido from January through early April. Throughout the spring, families and friends celebrate Hanami, picnics shared beneath the luminous pink-and-white canopies of blooming ornamental cherry. Instead, this springtime in Japan brings unimaginable calamity. As…
Spring in the ‘Hood 4
What’s blooming in Nashville? Magnolia stellata–a lovely, early-blooming small tree, native to Japan. Unfortunately, you don’t see it nearly as frequently as its ubiquitous blooming contemporary, the Bradford pear. I will supply a photo of that execrable weed, so beloved of contractors. But the photo in no way constitutes an endorsement of that blighted, flimsy-limbed,…
Garden Art
It doesn’t have to be hideous or gnome-related. A couple of examples from the Halcyon garden:
Spring in the ‘Hood 3
We bought this hyacinth as part of a pretext/disguise (I cannot reveal more!) a couple of years ago. When the case was over, I decided to pop the bulbs into the ground instead of throwing away the plant. Excellent choice. A little more love for the saucer magnolia: Stay tuned: redbuds take the stage next…
Chihuly’s Fall Color
A few photos of the Chihuly exhibit at Cheekwood last fall, doctored up with iPhoto to bizarre effect:
Autumn Gallery 2
We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent? I am a mere flower. -Rabindranath Tagore, from “Stray Birds”
The Greenery 