The Phytophactor

  Well, it's almost Friday, so may as well do something in bloom.  The Meadow Rue right next to our patio is an elegant tall plant (5...

  In late July there isn't too much flowering going on but this excellent shrub flowers in this time period. This  is the bottlebrush bu...

  TPP thinks he owes everyone a FFF post, so this one is a day early because according to both Ms. Phactor and the F1 there will be no time ...

In my own opinion, this is a rather good picture  nice berry, a  flower at the stage of seed dispersal.  Today is the 30th of June, and this...

 TPP doesn't pay too much attention to such things, but every now and then it helps to look around where you've been and maybe decid...

  A number of years ago either because a charity garden tour wanted to include our gardens for a show in June, or because she wanted flowers...

  Flowers at the stage of seed dispersal, i.e., fruit, tend to get over looked.  Next to our patio is an old TV antenna that makes a good fi...

The Phactors have a lot of shade provided by several notable big trees.  And you do not have perennials in your shady garden without a healt...

2021 has already been a banner year for flowering in our gardens, and this includes a couple of frosty nights.  In particular the flowering ...

  As is usually the case, a coolish, wettish, spring switched over to summer dry heat over night.  So the strawberries will start to ripen (...