Urban Oasis

It's been a relatively lazy weekend around here, and fortunately I have one more day to savor before back to work, which --as you may h...

Long time readers here will, I'm sure, immediately recognize one of our annual behemoths of the garden, Ricinus communis 'Zanzibar...

The Mantises have definitely arrived (or emerged from hiding) in the garden now, and we couldn't be more delighted! After yesterday...

Well folks, you knew this was coming eventually didn't you? One of the Gargoyles has landed in the Primrose Bed next to the steps of t...

As I mentioned in passing a few days ago, we'd been catching glimpses of mantises in the garden, but today while he was weeding, Fernymo...

This first shot is a close up of a Tricyrtis formosana Toad Lily called 'Gilt Edge,' (so graciously IDed for me by Mr. McGregor...

This was kind of a sad day for me because my favorite political blog, The Carpetbagger Report , helmed so brilliantly by none other than Ste...

Given yesterday's enthusiastic reception for the Kopper King, he's graciously granted us another brief audience ... I took these sho...

Here's the Hibiscus that several regular visitors have been waiting for ... His Legendary Highness, Kopper King ! This unique and gorg...

Ok, some of my favorite garden bloggers faithfully observe a "Bloom Day" each month to showcase what's going on in their gard...

This one is for Olivia, the blogmother of this humble effort that is Urban Oasis . Just a couple of photos showing off our favorite show of...

It was a full moon tonight, so Fernymoss decided he'd take a stab at getting some photos, since it was so bright outside. We haven...

We have several varieties of Achillea in various spots around the gardens, but the two predominant ones are Achillea millefolium , one (ver...

I'm only up to a 'drive by' post tonight for two reasons: 1) I've had a killer headache since this afternoon that refuses to...

Despite the cooler weather today, I didn't get much done outside, in part because I had tons of laundry to do (and hang out), and by the...