Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
Adrian Higgins's Washington Post column this week turned readers on to a wise native-plant designer of such projects as the New Jersey Pine Barrens - Darrel Morrison, now a hearty [...]
Overheard recently in my plant shop: two ladies talking about the products. One picked up a pot and turned to her friend and said, “It’s very Instagram chic to have [...]
Here you see the swath of Black-eyed Susans that I once welcomed because they quickly filled in the longest sunny border in my front yard. So cheerful! Such long-lasting blooms! [...]
Sparked by Elizabeth’s zinnia post this week on the merits of plants she once considered to be the “low rent versions of dahlia,” I spent some time this morning considering [...]
For years, I ignored these very popular annuals, thinking of them as low-rent versions of dahlias. I chased after dahlias instead, starting them inside in April, planting them out, staking [...]
I had promised Susan et al. to report on Cultivate a few short hours after attending this huge trade show in Columbus last week – back in person for the [...]
This is a cheat. It's hardly a rant. It's just a big treat for those of us who do, in spite of everything, still fall for and indulge a love [...]
Don't miss hearing Margaret get tips from our Marianne Willburn about growing tropical plants - on the latest A Way to Garden Podcast. It's a podcast I've recommended more than [...]
You can call it bronze all you like, but basically, we’re talking brownplus or—old-school—puce. I love to experiment with unusual annuals and have long mail-ordered old-fashioned tall nicotiana from companies [...]
I don't know about YOU and the size of YOUR garden pots, but mine just aren't large enough to comfortably include what we're always told we should - a spikey [...]
Rosa 'Dr. Huey.' Guest rant by Mike Nowak. Mike recently interviewed Ranters Susan Harris and Marianne Willburn for his radio show and it’s now available here on YouTube or here [...]
And will my fennel survive the caterpillars? Brood X cicada on a banana tree leaf in my front yard. We're seeing torrents of news here in Maryland about [...]
