Our Lady's Earrings

Impatiens "Our Lady's Earrings", symbolical pure adornments of the ears of Mary who hear the word of God and kept it.

-Mary’s Gardens

Impatiens biflora or Touch-Me-Not, known as Lady's Eardrop and Impatiens capensis (Balsam) is known as Our Lady's Earrings.

Summer annuals and perennials grown in sun to shade depending on the species. This is considered America's number 1 bedding plant. An excellent choice for your Mary garden, easy to care for with a variety of color choice. Learn more about cultivation at Mr Impatiens

God in all things

God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. ~Martin Luther

August 26, 2009

"The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there." George Bernard Shaw

August 25

Another Sunflower today, the Helianthus multiflorus is the "many flower" sunflower and was dedicated to St. Lewis. Every-Day Book is Lewis, many other sources it's Louis. Use this sunflower at the back of borders, combine with ornamental grasses and use as cut flowers. It grows 4-6 ft.



The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. Genesis 2:8