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Fairegarden · 12h ago

The Artfully Mello Garden

Iconic, as in the art world meaning of following a certain style, describes the West Asheville, North Carolina garden of artist Christopher Mello, where his personal, unique style shines through in every vignette. As you approach the corner of Waynesville and Westwood, where his garden and studio ar
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Fairegarden · 2d ago

Wildflowers Of May 2012

Welcome to this month’s installment of praising the wildflowers in our midst, Wildflower Wednesday, sponsored by my dear friend Gail of Clay and Limestone. It is Gail who has led me ever so gently toward the appreciation of our native flora, including the Eryngium yuccifolium, now budding upward and
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Fairegarden · 4d ago

Postcards From Asheville, The Fifth Fling

If you wonder what draws people to come to Asheville, North Carolina, whether to visit or more permanently, here are a few reasons, out of scores… Above: From Bonnie Brae, the summer home of the famous Bulbarella. The View. Above: From The Biltmore Estate. The Art. Above: From the Peter and Jasmin G
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Fairegarden · 1W ago

Ready To Fling

The time has arrived. The arrangements are in place, including permission to visit the fabulous Wamboldtopia!, a very small portion of which can be seen in the above shot. The peas have been picked. The garden is ready for visitors who are stopping by the Fairegarden en route to the Asheville Fling
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Fairegarden · 1W ago

May Bloom Day Means Time For…

It’s May and it’s Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day and it is also Carol’s, the thinker-upper of bloom day and a friend, favorite month of the year. Let’s check out what’s happening out there. Above: Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Dooley’ There is a lot in bloom, with some things just beginning and others finishin
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Fairegarden · 2W ago

How To Make A Lamb’s Ear Lamb

It was a post from my first year of blogging, showing some things that had been made with the abundant supply of Stachys byzantina, lambs ear, that has been grown in all of our gardens. Such a sweet plant with those silvery velvet leaves, it really does lend itself to crafts. The original post can [
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Fairegarden · 2W ago

Take A Picture…

Remember that childishly snide remark, “Take a picture, it will last longer”, uttered to some other kid who was looking or seemingly staring at you? Above: Paphiopedilum Honey ‘Newberry’ x Paph. primulinus ‘Lemon Glow’ True words, those. Above: Louisiana Iris ‘Black Gamecock’ Especially in the garde
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Fairegarden · 2W ago

The Orangeman Cometh

The Orangeman cometh*, and he is bringing all his rowdy friends…. ….Who also happen to be orange. Orangeman is a daylily, Hemerocallis ‘Orangeman’, new this year to the Fairegarden, purchased from Old House Gardens, a good place to find old cultivars of heirloom garden stalwarts. We also bought Heme
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Fairegarden · 3W ago

Foxgloves, Folk’s Gloves

Foxgloves are folk’s gloves, as in the little wee folks, aka fairies. This is the favorite plant of the fairies above all others, Digitalis ssp.. The Latin adjective Digitalis (from Digitabulum, a thimble) has been used to also describe the finger of a glove. The name foxglove is a corruption of the
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Fairegarden · 3W ago

Allium moly ‘Jeannine’

Sometimes inspiration for the garden comes from books. I have written several times about how inspiration from the Piet Oudolf books changed the plantings and their arrangement here. Last fall, it was another tome, this time Bulb by Anna Pavord, that inspired some branching out in the bulb order sel
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