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A Visit to Cistus Nursery

I rarely go to nurseries anymore since I work part-time at one and another reason being that I don't have much room for additional plants. When a garden fanatic runs out of room, the brain goes into overdrive, dreaming up ingenious ways to incorporate more plants. And another thing happens - a burning desire to obtain rare and unique plants. I've been moving plants around, a tricky process that has a domino effect. A plant is unhappy - it is getting too much shade or perhaps too much sun. There is a plant that did not get as large as you thought it would or it is just a slow grower and now it is hopelessly hidden behind a taller plant. Sometimes a plant is just a dud for reasons unknown (Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' anyone?). I find the plant in question a better home, but it means that another plant will have to be moved. And the merry-go-round continues to turn... However, for those plants that are to be discarded, a space opens up for a new one! I decided to move a Mou...

Trip to Memphis - Dixon Gallery Gardens

Lemon Tea Bread

Win an unabridged CD audiobook of "Wicked Plants"

Snakes and hummingbirds

Dog days of summer

"Adagio" ornamental grass

Barefoot Contessa's Mocha Chocolate Icebox Cake

Back to the bagworms

Michael's Southern Home Cooking

Watermelon Sorbet

Perhaps the most famous lily of all...