Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
Recently I was surprised to hear a friend refer to daffodils as native here in Maryland, an assumption she'd made because they do so well in this region. And that's [...]
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?
