Barbara H.Smith

Here’s what’s blooming at Crooked Trail Farm this week.

I have a collection of heirloom German flag iris from my mother’s garden along with shared plants from aunts and good friends. The cultivar names are unknown, but the memories of the people who shared them with me abound every time I see the irises bloom.

What’s Blooming in the Crooked Trail Farm Garden This Week.

What’s blooming at the South Carolina Botanical Garden This Week.

~A Visit to Richardson’s Daylily Nursery~

A recent visit to Maplewood Gardens in East Flat Rock, NC where there is an incredible collection of Japanese maples. The Mr. Maple nursery specializes in these beautiful maples.

“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” ~Audrey Hepburn~

A Stroll Around Crooked Trail Farm This Week

“We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us.” ~Jenny Uglow~

The beauty and diversity of Japanese Maples.

Caladiums provide a bright spot of color in the shady summer garden.

“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” ~Gertrude Jekyll~

“Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better.”

A walk through the quiet beauty of an early March garden.

It’s camellia time at the South Carolina Botanical Garden!

Daffodils are in bloom all over South Carolina and spring is almost here! Daffodils and Narcissus are the same plant. Narcissus is the scientific name given to the genus of plants commonly called daffodils.

“The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” ~Harriet Ann Jacobs~

Spring is arriving at Crooked Trail Farm.  Here’s what is blooming this week.

Come for a stroll in the beautiful South Carolina Botanical Garden.

What’s blooming at the South Carolina Botanical Garden this week.

Native spring wildflowers are blooming throughout South Carolina.

Clematis is known as one of the best perennial vines for your garden. They like cool roots and sunny tops.

“May Flowers Always Line Your Path and Sunshine Light Your Day.”

“I must have flowers, always, always.”

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”

Horticulture Agent Barbara H. Smith’s Favorite Summer Annuals.

“Spring is when life is alive in everything.”           ~Christina Rosetti~

A Stroll Through Historic Downtown Charleston Gardens

Beautiful Planters in Historic Charleston

A Recent Visit to the Funky Little Flower Farm in Beech Island, SC,  Specializing in Beautiful Crinums.

Perennial Suggestions for a Pollinator Garden: Part 1

The quiet beauty of foliage textures and shades of green: Part 2

“Though she be but little, she is fierce.” ~William Shakespeare~

Charleston, South Carolina is known for beautiful gates and wrought iron architecture.

The quiet beauty of foliage textures and shades of green: Part 1