-
Follow
Following
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
Garden Thoughts from Florida's Treasure Coast
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
Damp and in the middle of nowhere
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
I have plans. BIG plans.
Cariboo-Grown & Cariboo-Hardy Perennials. Since 1991.
a suburban English garden through the seasons
gardening . home decor . online business
A garden oasis and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River
It don't come easy
Our garden, gardens visited, occasional thoughts and book reviews
Mark and Abbie Jury
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
gardening in the North Carolina piedmont
learning, growing, and learning more -- life on the Olympic Peninsula
Gardening in East Tennessee
A Blog usually about plants and gardening in west-central Missouri...
My week to week gardening diary
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
My Own Paradise: Life on Seven and a Half Acres
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
Country gardener nurturing people, plants - and wildlife
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees - Organic & Wildlife Friendly Gardening
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
For all who appreciate the beauty of words, flowers and homecooking
Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
gardening, jewelry, porcelain, beautiful things...
Ideas from a Suffolk garden
adventures in my gardens
more than you ever wanted to know about my garden
Hardy plants for hardy souls
Notes from a wildlife-friendly cottage garden
the only reason my garden is green is because of all the weeds
Where Experimenting Is Encouraged
Thoughts about life, creating, and gardening....
sorta like suburbia 
Looks mean enough to whip a bear!
Happy Gardening
I wouldn’t mess with either!
I think I will let you keep that one…far, far away from here. Enjoy it.
It’s like a prickly little pet. I’ll be sure to spay and neuter though!
What a beautiful plant! Thanks for posting!
I think it’s just the coolest thing, I love nearly everything about it 🙂
Wow… I would NOT want to have to weed that out of a border without wearing a suit of armor! :-O
You can bet I’ll be using gloves during fall cleanup… Maybe I’ll steal the BBQ tongs and use them to carry it out to the compost pile after frost.
Weirdly lovely
I knew you would love it 🙂
Ouch.
Of course I can save a couple seeds for you.
I can’t decide whether that is a sadistic plant or you are a masochistic gardener. You can grow a potato or even nightshade for the same pretty flower without any of the risk of personal injury (unless you ingest the nightshade). It’s a good thing your kids are old enough to understand “don’t touch.” Heck they are old enough to figure it out for themselves. Have you read the Layered Garden by David Culp? I believe he has that plant in one of his borders or one that is pretty similar.
Welllllll, I believe the plant in ‘the Layered Garden’ is a bed of nails plant, not the porcupine tomato. The porcupine tomato is closer to black malevolence than to the bed of nails 😉
How much fun are common names!?
… and how weird would it be to grow them all together? Not a garden I would want to weed!
The kids have a healthy respect for the garden but I prefer all these things to be knee high and not eye level. Poisonous is also something I’m holding back on for a few more years. No need to enforce Darwin’s laws in the home garden.
Thanks for this lovely share, I feel more cultivated after reading you! 😉
Thanks!
No effing way! That plant breaks all my rules about not stabbing the hand that waters you!
🙂
What wonderful pictures of spines! I’ve tried to take them without much success – they’re far from easy!
Thanks Susan, I wish I had something smart to say but most of it was just plain luck!
Luck and a very good eye!
[…] image source | web page: sorta like suburbia […]
[…] and then there was Karma Glos of Kingbird Farm who I probably bothered the most. She had porcupine tomato seedlings and that’s all it took. In addition to the porcupine a few other seedlings joined my box […]