Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
A garden that accommodates change The catchy phrase "right plant, right place" has gone viral in the gardening world, and it makes me groan. If these words referred only [...]
Like a yo-yo on a string, there I am, driving to work and back somewhere upwards of 300 times a year. While most any daily commute gets old, I am [...]
Monika's houseplant-filled terrace somewhere in India The article "Meet the Plantfluencers" in the New York Times seemed to demonstrate that the much-pursued Millennials DO garden - just not [...]
I have a history of occasional, informal, peer-reviewed, THC trials of psychoactive marijuana. The trial was simple: I smoked marijuana with friends. I try to imagine I was judged, [...]
Anyone else bothered by the term "ornamental" to distinguish certain plants from those that are considered useful, usually edibles? For example,Wikipedia uses this petunia to illustrate the term and offers this [...]
I have a beef with the inclusion of Periwinkle (Vinca minor) on my coop's list of banned plants - banned because they're considered invasive (despite NOT being listed on [...]
This will be the only garden rant you’ll ever read connecting Abe Lincoln, Southern Indiana, hostas and dirt. We will begin with the dirt. Lots of dirt. A sprawling pile [...]
It must be Cat Week here at the Rant, with Elizabeth's post about indoor cats prompting me to finally find out if my own indoor cats really need to eat [...]
A field of Russian phloxes. Christian Kress, Sarastro-Stauden photo. Just off our front porch, a Phlox of sentimental interest didn’t flinch during heavy storms a week and a [...]
Is there any garden center that doesn't carry coneflower? Now and again, someone asks me where they can buy native plants. Sometimes they go on to complain [...]
My wife – who is the mower of lawns in our partnership – has taken to mowing around any wildflowers she encounters. As a result, our rather sparse fescue lawn [...]
In a post last fall I asked, "Can these Junipers be Saved?" about the old, overgrown ones used as foundation plants in front of my coop's office building. Above, the [...]
