High and proud
Thick and rich. Our front-yard Rose of Sharon bush sprung big and mighty this summer. The white blossoms on the right share space with the violet purple flowers at left, for which I hold a special affection.
Well maintained
A safe visit to Onondaga Lake Park revealed this low, wide Rose of Sharon. It strikes quite a different stance than the tall version in front of our house. Hmmmmmm.
Here comes the purple
There has turned out to be more than white blooms this season with the front Rose of Sharon. One vibrant purple, to be exact.
Almost singular
The Rose of Sharon seem to be keeping to themselves this year.
Hello, Rose of Sharon (and more)
My dear wife Karen’s careful clipping up front at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville has paid off again this month of August. She asked if I’d looked closely at the tallest of our front yard garden plants last weekend. The Rose of Sharon had bloomed, big and bright. I had to…
New things are blooming up front
A tall, scraggly bush has coaxed some cuss words out of my dear wife Karen and I since we moved into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville last October. We never thought it would amount to much. But instead of digging it out or cutting it down, we trimmed, pruned and hoped.…
Mark Bialczak 