LATEST RANTS
Are Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckias) good for pollinators?
Gazing on this view of my back garden last month, I couldn't help but notice the many, many bees and butterflies spending time on the Joe Pye Weed, then checking out the Black-eyed Susans before rejecting them in favor of [...]
The Trouble with Dahlias
Fellow Ranter, Anne Wareham, has this to say about dahlias: “Sigh. I gave up on dahlias when I got fed up of deadheading them. And constantly forgetting which was bud and which was defunct flower. (please don’t tell me) [...]
WHICH of DC’s cherry blossom trees were removed? NOT the most famous ones at the Tidal Basin
My photo taken in 2015. NOT these cherry trees My social-media feeds this week are full of outrage over the destruction of 60-some cherry blossom trees in D.C., with at least half of the posts incorrectly referring to [...]
A Photographer has his say.
Some time ago Charles wrote this piece for thinkingardens. I think it's worth revisiting. Charles: I can’t imagine how people who write about gardens keep going , when it is so clear that their words are really just padding to [...]
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Do We Really Want More Prairie Gardens in a Heatwave?
Lucy Allen comes to GardenRant this week from Substack, and from a sweltering and very dry United Kingdom. --MW I know. We are all far too hot. But I am going to talk about it, all the [...]
The Trouble with Dahlias
Fellow Ranter, Anne Wareham, has this to say about dahlias: “Sigh. I gave up on dahlias when I got fed up of deadheading them. And constantly forgetting which was bud and which was defunct flower. (please [...]
A Fence where no Fence could be.
If you’ve ever thought of edging a flower bed with proper professional stuff, you may have been astonished to find that the makers of garden edging assume you live in a flat garden. With no lumps or [...]
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