Well, today is officially the last day of Autumn here in Melbourne. And what better to farewell my favourite season than by wearing my Autum...

Well, today is officially the last day of Autumn here in Melbourne. And what better to farewell my favourite season than by wearing my Autum...
Yesterday I wore my 1950s sheer dark blue dress. It has a white peter pan collar and cuffs, and red rhinestone buttons. I love it! I wore it...
Achillea has a dozen nicknames including yarrow, old man’s pepper, milfoil, thousand-leaf, wound-wort, devil's nettle and others. The sp...
My friend gifted me (I usually wince a bit at that expression, but it seems less clumsy than saying gave me as a present... though I have no...
Ninety percent of the world's crops are pollinated by insects especially bees. Bees are attracted to colorful flowers, but what keeps th...
A bi-colored version of a popular houseplant, Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’, has been named RHS Plant of the Year at Chelsea Flower Show. I...
Well, just one blouse, actually: a 1960s pale blue one with lace trims and a bib? ruffle? detail at the collar. Two handbags/purses, though,...
The queen of flowers, the rose is an enduring symbol of love and romance. But for centuries it has also been valued for its medicinal, thera...
After a week of cold, wind and rain it was great to get out and walk through the woods on a sunny day. The early spring ephemerals had their...
There's nothing simple about roses when you grow the hybrid tea types. They require too much care and too many unwanted chemicals to kee...
... and a petticoat! I've worn my big fluffy white foofpa (a pet name for it; much less of a mouthful than full fifties-style petticoat)...
Peonies are called the queen of garden flowers for their month-long, annual display of huge, scented, single and double blossoms. Ideal for ...
Peonies in recent years an early-flowering, ruby red peony called 'Buckeye Belle' has taken center stage. This semi-double has gloss...
As anyone who’s ever stepped foot in a Disney park can also attest, Disney does gardens well. Perhaps that's a bit of an understatement....
Osteosperum used to belong to the genus Dimorphotheca, but only the annual species remain in that genus; the perennials belong to Osteosperm...
With Mitt Romney being taken seriously as a presidential candidate this late in the campaign after everyone's original reaction (and the...
Those who love plants have surely been to their favorite garden center this spring and noticed calibrachoa, the great warm-season performer ...
Yesterday I got home just as the sun was going down, and managed to take a few pics of what was left of the light. I was wearing my new vint...
The lilacs bloomed early this year. It must have been that warm spell in mid-April. The 80-degree temperatures jump-started the lilacs and c...
Get all the best and tasty recipes at your flowering garden. These small efforts and others below can make your meals more fun and your kitc...
Narcissus poeticus (Poet's Daffodil, Nargis, Pheasant's Eye, Findern Flower, and Pinkster Lily) was one of the first daffodils to be...
Like flowers in your garden, but don’t want to go through too much trouble? There’s a flower to help you. It’s called the Marigold. Other th...
It was cold enough again to wear a dress I bought months and months ago but hadn't worn yet. This soft wool dress reminds me of those se...