Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
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 [...]
Not a fan of brown in the garden? Pining for color in early fall, before the trees put on their big show? Me, too! Here's how desperate I am for [...]
I went out into the garden early one Sunday a few weeks ago. A few, but not all, of many zinnias were covered with leaf spot and/or powdery mildew. [...]
We've all got plants we really love. Probably hundeds of them. And maybe some we hate and banish as soon as spotted. But what about the inbetween ones, which we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Crown Fritillary at Keukenhof Gardens Most of us greet the arrival of blooming bulbs in spring as a welcome sign that we’ve gotten to the far side of [...]
The common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, is probably one of the widely recognised flowers on Earth. Native to a range across the US, from Mexico in the south to Canada in [...]
This spring I was needing plants. Never, I hear you cry! Well, huh, I did. And I looked online for what I needed and was horrified at the cost of them. And [...]
In Susan's back yard, the comfrey is abuzz with bees. My friend Kathy Jentz (writer/editor/podcaster) told me not to miss her podcast interview with landscape architect Thomas Rainer, [...]
I'm back in Maryland after a short trip to Los Angeles, where these plants and gardens got me gasping with envy, or dying to learn about, or both. All in [...]
We are surrounded by trees at Veddw Garden and when we first came we thought it was a super idea to grow rambler roses up them. So whenever we could afford a [...]
