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Strawberry Rhubarb Rose Petal Jam

June 24, 2018 by Sheila

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam with Rose Petals

Strawberry Rhubarb Rose Petal Jam   Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 50 mins Total time 1 hour   Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Serves: 8 half-pints Ingredients 4 cups fresh rose petals (homegrown organic, please!) 1 cup well or bottled water 4 cups rhubarb chunks about ½-inch square 4 cups sliced strawberries, about 2 […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Fruits, Preserving, Sauces Tagged With: cut flowers, flower arrangements, jam, peonies, peony, rhubarb, rose petal, strawberries, strawberry

Hellebore – Lenten Rose

April 16, 2017 by Sheila

Lenten Rose Bridal Bouquet

There’s not much out in the garden yet to pair with these delightful hellebore flowers. They are much too sophisticated to hang out with daffodils. Their exquisite beauty works singularly, en masse, luckily. This frilly double white below is graceful with just a few blooms. After this photo, I snipped them to about 7-inches  long […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: bouquet, bridal, cut flowers, deer resistant, evergreen perennial, hellebore, lenten rose, partial shade

Dahlias

January 16, 2017 by Sheila

Pink Dahlia

                            Left to Right:  *  Sellwood Glory   *   Cafe Au Lait   *   Maki *   Iceberg    *    LÁncresse   *   B-Man Here is my order from Swan Island Dahlias. I’ve borrowed their photographs because I await some brown, somewhat  sweet potato-shaped tubers. These magnificent […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: cut flowers, dahlias, gardening, growing dahlias, Swan Island Dahlias, tubers

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