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    Jessie Keith
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    Location:
    Delaware
    My Favorite Plants If it isn't toxic or invasive then I usually like it.
    Plants Currently in My Garden Thousands. Too many to name.
    I love to garden, because.... It teaches my daughter, brings wildlife to the yard, yields excellent fresh food for my family's table and is generally satisfying and enjoyable.
    Biggest Gardening Challenge Taming my wild and wooly backyard that was left fallow of 30 years before we bought the house.
    If I'm not gardening, I can be found: Spending time with my family, reading, writing, cooking, hiking, botanizing and shooting pictures, aside from mundane everyday tasks.
    Other Hobbies Traveling, singing, music, antique collecting (especially pottery) and restaurant hopping

Homage to My Contorted Filbert

Saturday, February 7, 2009, 09:43 AM CST [General]

 

Every time it snows I am reminded of how glorious contorted filberts are in winter. Our huge specimen was planted in 2000 as a 2' single twig in a pot. Boy has it flourished. Each winter, I heavily prune it and use its gorgeous branches in arrangements. The only downside to this shrub is that it's a Japanese beetle magnet--other than that it's perfect.

 

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