Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
Periodically, I go visit my sister in San Jose. Every time I do, I'm fascinated to see so many of the same plants I grow in Cincinnati's wet and [...]
On road trips, often it's the flowers blooming everywhere - by the side of the road, in untended lots, throughout otherwise unoccupied fields - that make the biggest impression, no [...]
I am a bit player in the legacy of a nasturtium dynasty. My mother, Molly Bush, was our matriarch. She sowed annual nasturtium seeds devotionally every Good Friday. This [...]
"Oh, I can't Stop you putting roots in my dreamland My house of stone, your ivy grows And now I'm covered in you" From Ivy by Taylor Swift It’s not [...]
Folks around here have taken to calling it the “Boxwood Winter.” Named for that fabled Dec. 23, 2022 day when we were all waiting for Santa Claus and an artic [...]
Of all the great garden plants of the world surely the rose is the most iconic? The history of roses is intertwined with the history of humanity, and to imagine [...]
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 [...]
Perhaps you recall as a kid singing the old “Pop Goes the Weasel” ditty. It opens with “All around the mulberry bush...”. Now I have to note that I've yet [...]
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 [...]
I’m sure some of you are wondering how Marianne’s visit went. Well, she came, saw, conquered and went off again, to explore Cornwall. I felt bereft when she left, but [...]
Of all the plants I have covering the ground, from the front hellstrip to the back alley, the ones that really do the best job of just that - consistently [...]
I reside in downtown Jeffersonville, Indiana now It’s different. I had lived and gardened previously in nearby rural Depauw. It would seem the old saw about change being the [...]
