the Cahaba Lily

this lily can be found, naturally growing, along side the Cahaba River in Alabama.

the weed from the ditch…

anyone, anywhere (but mostly Alabama people) know what this flower/weed/alien is? & since i put it in my garden…does that mean, by definition, that it is no longer a weed because i planted it where i wanted it to grow?

i found Vermont in Alabama

Petals from the Past 16034 Co. Rd. 29, Jemison, Alabama 35085 These gardens reminded me of my mother’s perennial beds in Montpelier, Vermont. The gardens she would dig in the dirt, swearing under her breath at the deer that had eaten her bulbs. She called the deer, Bulb Breath… The style of gardens surrounding the…