Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
This is Magnolia time. And every year there is some slight discord in this house as Charles insists he prefers (prefers, note) the bud to the blossom. Well, I [...]
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 [...]
I'm now going to bore you some more with my trip to Chipping Campden. See, I think about you all the time, even on holiday, and I thought you might [...]
Guest post by Sally Blanton I confess that I did voluntarily plant a start of bamboo in my residential, urban yard because how else could you get a beautiful living [...]
A friend of mine is Head Gardener at an estate called Trewithen in Cornwall, UK. Every morning of his working week he posts a plant from his commute to work [...]
'Endless Summer' with daylilies Guest Rant by Lorraine Ballato It all started in early January, as it does every year: the steady stream of online advice about how [...]
Galanthus 'S. Arnott' At the time of writing the snowdrop season is well underway. Social media is full of pictures showing carpets of pure white Galanthus nivalis or [...]
Do hellebores need a defense? I wouldn’t have thought so a decade ago, but three years ago I had to defend their cultivation to a master gardener who officially advised [...]
Twas Spring Fever that led a relatively sane man to be rummaging around deep into skinny cardboard boxes at the New Albany, Indiana Home Depot. Although still February - the [...]
With the earlier-than-usual appearance of daffodils here in Maryland, I'm pausing to appreciate the evergreens that help me get through winter, year after year with almost no effort on the [...]
How do you calculate the value large trees bring to homes? How do we tally the annual unnecessary loss of such trees caused by irrational fears?
Anna Pavord has the right attitude toward snowdrops. In her 2009 book, Bulb (recommended), she notes, “Though there are only 18 species, you can now get hold of at least [...]
