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Behold the majesty that is the salvia border at my favorite local nursery. They plant this every year, and it runs the entire length of the parking lot. I always pause to watch the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds browsing in … Continue reading →

Most southern New Englanders will recognize this native shrub. It is Clethra alnifolia, aka Summersweet, aka Sweet Pepperbush, aka Coastal Sweet Pepper. The flowers on the Clethra around here only began opening about two weeks ago, a couple of weeks later than … Continue reading →

I am just ending a two-week vacation with my sister from Canada. We spent a week of it at the lake pictured above. There are a few other cabins on this lake, but they are hidden by trees. Motorboats are not … Continue reading →

I have written about Monarda, or Bee Balm before, but I am doing it again because I have to gush about how fantastic these plants are in my garden this year. I purchased the plant in the above photo at … Continue reading →

HerbDoc sings the praises of Kolkwitzia. Here’s an old fashioned shrub that was extremely popular in the fine gardens of the 1930’s and 1940’s.  Kolkwitzia, or Beauty Bush, is a dense, twiggy, fountain-shaped shrub with pink tubular flowers that appear … Continue reading →

HerbDoc is growing an interesting chive: Here’s a newly developed chive, developed by Cook’s Garden and only available by plants two years ago.  Allium tuberosum ‘Cha-Cha’ is grown exactly like the purple headed variety.  It’s extremely cold hardy and loves … Continue reading →

  …who’s reading your stuff. Imagine my surprise when I received an email a few weeks ago from a writer at Rhode Island Monthly magazine. She had discovered Digging RI (!!!) and wanted to include it in a feature on Rhode … Continue reading →

Here at Digging RI, we’re big hummingbird fans. HerbDoc shares some thoughts on her resident hummer population: The peep has gone out far and wide that my hummingbird feeder is always filled with sweet, fresh nectar.  At least that’s what I … Continue reading →

Looking like tiny fire crackers, the intensely-colored blooms of Lonicera Sempervirens Major Wheeler are right up in your face, demanding to be noticed. This climbing honeysuckle has been variously described  as “the best,” a “stand-out” and a “non-stop bloomer,” and … Continue reading →

Here’s HerbDoc again, writing about one of my favorite plants: clematis. The bowers of the tiny white flowers of Autumn Clematis trailing over rock walls and trellises are gorgeous, but as a dear friend of DN’s and mine found it, after … Continue reading →