LATEST RANTS
I Read It. I Loved It. No Comment.
Fellow writers know the pain of setting out six to eight hundred carefully chosen words on a topic, story or opinion guaranteed to resonate, only to hear crickets in the comments. But do fellow readers share the pain of performatively [...]
High Atop Mount Mac, Salvisa
The rock gardens at Edinburgh BotanicGarden and Kew inspired me. Will Ingwersen’s 1977 publication of Manual of Alpine Plants educated me. A three-month job, pricking-out seedlings at Ingwersen’s Birch Farm Nursery, on the back of William Robinson’s Gravetye Estate [...]
Europom 2026
This is an apple but it's also a mystery. It's known on the Swedish island of Gotland as stenkyrke, meaning 'stone church', but its real name is currently lost to time. Malus 'Stenkyrke' is distinctive enough, but what's its [...]
I found more flowers still colorful in October, plus some rant-worthy plants
Continuing our discussion of what's still blooming in October, I found a few instances of floral action in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware this week. While on my usual slow cycling around town, these Knock-out roses definitely had their intended effect on [...]
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– Washington Post gardening editor Adrian Higgins
Europom 2026
This is an apple but it's also a mystery. It's known on the Swedish island of Gotland as stenkyrke, meaning 'stone church', but its real name is currently lost to time. Malus 'Stenkyrke' is distinctive enough, [...]
The many reasons to hate hedges, especially in small spaces
Original landscaping shown in this 1938 photo. Since moving to Historic Greenbelt, Maryland, where evergreen hedges are ubiquitous - and usually in the way - I've become almost obsessed with how awful they are and [...]
Gardens As Art
Much to my shame I cannot draw. Give me a pencil and a ruler and there's a moderate to fair chance I can give you a straight line, but beyond that I am hopeless. I like the [...]
GardenRant Voices
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