Another daffodil foliage rule-breaker – me!
My GardenRant partner Scott wrote about his hundreds of daffodils now "writhing about in their death throes, getting all Shakespearean and shit," and I bet we can all relate. Though [...]
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“Bad Seeds,” the Plant-Crime Podcast Hosted by Summer Rayne Oakes
From model to chicken-raising houseplant expert. If our readers know anything about Summer Rayne Oakes, it's probably from her popular blog about growing 1,100 houseplants in her apartment. [...]
Crossvine, Honeysuckle, More Vines, and Ninebark, too!
Crossvine creating screening around my front yard; and the ugly Arborvitae hedge that failed at the job. I reported back in 2020 that I was "replacing my hated [...]
King Charles: Gardener and Hoped-For Climate Change Activist
Prince Charles visiting Common Good City Farm in Washington, DC. It's coronation time in Britain and some of you may be getting up at 5 tomorrow morning (or [...]
Two Fabulous Charlottesville Gardens
Last week I shared photos of Colston Burrell's garden near Charlottesville, Va. and promised to show off two amazing gardens in that historic city. Here ya go! The Garden of [...]
Springtime in the Garden of Cole Burrell
Readers may recognize Colston Burrell as the garden designer, writer and speaker, perhaps best known for his knowledge of plants that are native to Bird Hill, his garden on a [...]
Market and *TULIPS* at AHS’s River Farm on the Potomac
Who doesn't love a plant sale on a stunning historic estate overlooking the river on a perfect spring day? So this morning I was there at the opening of the [...]
Return of the No-Mow-Month Meme
UPDATE: More assessments on the no-mow-month campaign since publication of this post: This article in Real Simple includes a quote from Dr. Doug Tallamy: "Dr. Tallamy sees little logic in [...]
Surprise Defenses of Non-Native Daffodils
Recently I was surprised to hear a friend refer to daffodils as native here in Maryland, an assumption she'd made because they do so well in this region. And that's [...]
Humans interacting with cherry blossoms and magnolias
Including the traditional art of supporting weeping cherry trees As weeping cherry tree, planted in the 1950s, with new supports. Who knew that the building of supports to [...]
Here we show you gnomes – the charming, the comical and the vulgar!
A cover story in the Local Living Section of the Washington Post about garden gnomes? I say why not, if it's as interesting as this one, teasing us with a [...]
Miley Cyrus sure knows how to sell flowers
Screen shot from the "Flowers" video Have you heard Miley Cyrus's hit song "Flowers"? So many millions of us have, it's reached #1 on the charts in 13 [...]