Garden Notes

You may be noticing white grubs in your compost piles, lawns, or garden beds. These white, c-shaped critters can be 1/4 inch long or 2 inches long, depending on the species.

As the summer swelters on, we can all be thankful that mornings are usually cool enough to take care of a gardening chore or two.

PERENNIAL: Pride of Madeira; family Boraginaceae (Echium candicans) is native to the island of Madeira in the Canary Islands. It can grow to 10 feet and is an herbaceous perennial subshrub and a dramatic landscape plant whose flowers attract bees butterflies, and hummingbirds.

One of the most popular kinds of plants that can be purchased from big box stores, local nurseries and specialty websites is lavender.

I recently had the pleasure of enjoying gorgeous perennial borders in Paris and was inspired! I had visions of taking out some lawn and going all in. But it is always best to study and learn first, and in this case, share with others.