Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
"When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden." -- Minnie Aumonier Most of the time these days I'm without words to grasp what's going [...]
A – I had a big bunch of needy, gorgeous annuals and perennials sitting in plastic nursery pots in the back yard waiting further instructions. They were to be [...]
It might just be an impression but I think British gardens have fairly few North American plants, compared to how many European, Asiatic, and even South African plants that are [...]
Most of the fast-spreading plants in my garden arrived as local weeds. Here they are (plus a couple that I planted deliberately) and how I'm dealing with them. Creeping Jenny [...]
Here in the Mid-Atlantic Azalea Belt, our big spring show is fading fast. Even my beloved crossvine blooms are pretty much gone. But the chartreuse leaves of my 'Ogon' Spireas? [...]
Spring is always hailed as a joy for gardeners and almost every gardener online, apart from our wonderfully honest Marianne, shows us delightful springing plants in the pleasant sunshine and [...]
I've just spent an enjoyable weekend at the Royal Horticultural Society's National Rhododendron Show at Rosemoor, a lovely garden here in the South West of England. What a great show [...]
After our recent winter, everyone with at least a shrub or two is belly-aching about winter burn on their evergreens. Count me in. What IS winter burn? Wisconsin Extension's answer [...]
I spent last weekend at a small but excellent local flower show. I was there in various capacities – judge, helper, clean-up crew – for both days. It was nice [...]
I've been following Reddit for a while and for gardening content it's the most interesting of all my social accounts, with SO many real yards needing help and getting advice. [...]
I was going to talk this week about the murky connection between apartheid and the Chelsea Flower Show this week. It's a story that asks questions about due diligence where [...]
Photo: Lorene Edwards Forkner I realize Valentine’s Day was last week. So let's consider this post an homage to gardens, our favorite labor of love. photo: Yoksel [...]
