tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post2665182441265225953..comments2023-12-18T01:10:39.910-05:00Comments on Willy or Won't He?: Come Into the Garden, Maud - IVWillymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-68583255295655081402007-06-16T21:42:00.000-04:002007-06-16T21:42:00.000-04:00gorgeous. it's tradescantia virginica, which carri...gorgeous. it's tradescantia virginica, which carries the unhappy common moniker of spiderwort.<BR/><BR/>i am not a fan of "-wort" attached to anything, yet so many of the common names of lusciously beautiful flowers have that suffix. <BR/><BR/>a little research would undoubtedly tell me why, but i'm about cross-eyed with sleepiness. <BR/><BR/>i love tradescantia because of those incredibly glowing almost neon-looking stamens. they are electric against the blue ground of my own. i like it that they reseed here and there. <BR/><BR/>i've been told that you can whack them back severely post-bloom and they'll bloom again in fall. it's never happened in my garden.BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-41754914318882587132007-06-14T10:04:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:04:00.000-04:00You are so fortunate to have such beauty surroundi...You are so fortunate to have such beauty surrounding you. I would never leave home... I, alas, am brown-thumbed, and can only admire and envy other's gardens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-645503302613818012007-06-14T03:12:00.001-04:002007-06-14T03:12:00.001-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25672101.post-77912159308929409132007-06-14T03:12:00.000-04:002007-06-14T03:12:00.000-04:00oh good, I'm not the only one with a mystery purpl...oh good, I'm not the only one with a mystery purple flower. Pretty!more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.com