Raquel's Garden

Bought them as seed in a little packet sold at Walgreen's (I blush as I write this!). Amazingly they actual...

Lovely while they lasted, but have taken them out now and planted the pot with a white impatien. They really nee...

I inherited this fern from a neighbor who retired to Florida...in spite of perhaps not having quite as much shad...

I'd always seen bromeliads but never thought to buy one because they need indirect light - and my balcony ge...

I love these leaves, but they might also not survive the heatwave. But we'll see. My mother told me to cut ...

Trying it out in the shady area of the stairwell. Planted with white and pink polka dot plants. Unfortunately i...

My poor dahlia died of some fungal or insect attack on its leaves - which I didn't see coming and couldn&#39...

Just bought these this summer, I am looking forward to them blooming and surviving the heat & humidity.

I planted garlic chives to accompany the red rose, because I read that all members of the allium family helped k...

I read about the old-fashioned scented geraniums and wanted one. I thought I wouldn't find any, but I did a...

Just bought it this spring. I'm looking forward to the lavender flowers. The tag says it's rose-scente...

This one is also scented, it supposedly smells nutty though I can't smell it too much right now...the flower...

This one truly smells like roses! I'm looking forward to the lavender pink blossoms.

I love geraniums - I have four kinds:

Americana 'Violet', Americana 'White Splash',
'Sa...

I didn't realize how much I liked gerbera daisies until I kept being drawn to them in the cut flower section...

Tried them out last summer, but became too tall an scraggly so did not plant any this summer.

It did not do well on the stairwell. I think that stairwell needs more ventilation. It is shady but gets too h...

These are some of my favorite flowers - my mother has always had a ton in her garden and I just love them. They ...

I thought these might look good with the echinacea and they're supposed to be hardy as well. So far as the t...

Use in drinks and salads. Perennial.

This is one of my favorite flowers for Spring - in Houston as early as February. I plan to keep planting them t...

I love petunias, and I love them to cascade over the containers! Last year I planted 'Daddy Blue' and ...

Last year I planted portulaca and it was just gorgeous. This year, wanting to try other things, I didn't pl...

I liked this vine and thought it might be good for the railing...we'll see how it does!

I have three which I love dearly but often give me headaches! A dark red one, a bright yellow one that sometines...

I feel in love with sweet alyssum the second spring we spent in Virginia, when I saw it in the nursery and I lov...

It's a beautiful pale coral...and does wonderfully in full sun and in dry conditions...they're popping u...

I have always enjoyed begonias, and decided to try planting them some this year in white. The variety I have is...

They lasted longer than the coleus, but eventually they also succumbed to the heat. Perhaps if we hadn't ha...

I bought this orchid at IKEA of all places, because it was the most affordable one I could find. I have never h...