All of these plants are incredibly easy if you are new to gardening. They are tolerant of less-than-ideal conditions, and perfect for dry, shallow soil. These plants get only a few hours of sunlight a day, but very obligingly light themselves up when I am leaving the house and coming home in the evening.
Tag: low-maintenance gardening
Stained Glass
I just thought I would write a little mini post on the wonderful Erodium manescavii, or Heron’s Bill. At first glance this flower looks very like a hardy geranium. But the petals are not all the same. Two of them have stained-glass window markings. They are like spidery ink across white paper. The other three petals…