Sunflowers for "Wildlife Management" A field full of tall, smiley-faced sunflowers is the perfect location for taking photos - of everything from marriage proposals to everyday selfies. And this field [...]
Oakleaf Hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) is my favorite hydrangea, and this one in my back garden seriously bowls me over in every season. But it's more than a beauty pageant winner [...]
While cycling past multi-million-dollar homes and upwards of million-dollar landscapes in Henlopen Acres, Delaware, I came upon this multi-acre cemetery in their midst and it just made me sad. Not [...]
Living in the DC area, it's been fun to blog about the White House gardens, a topic that now has its own category. I've included other presidential gardens, like the [...]
Classic Beach Hydrangeas THIS is the classic beach landscape of my childhood memories, formed while visiting the charming, family-friendly Buckroe Beach in Virginia. The cottages there were much smaller but [...]
Last week I visited my favorite of all the rose gardens I've ever seen - the one at the U.S. Botanic Garden - and wasn't disappointed. Why is my favorite, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
