Plants we love, hate, or just have something to say about.
Perusing Instagram, I came across this post touting a "FANTASTIC list of DC Christmas trees to check out," so of course I set out to do just that. On a [...]
"I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation.” — Joan Jett Joan Jett’s predecessor, legendary rocker, Patti Smith, got pigeonholed as “Godmother of Punk.” Now a respected poet and [...]
Boxwoods: The plant you turn to when you’re out of other desperate and have no other options. Maybe in the next life there will be another choice for deer-proof, shade tolerant, evergreen, can grow anywhere, can be shaped like anything, smells like cat pee.
I'm not especially into Christmas, obviously. I say that because THIS poinsettia and the artificial swag around it are the only holiday decorations in my home, and that's been my [...]
Guest post by Joe Lamp'l Photo: Courtesy of The National Christmas Tree Association Buying an artificial Christmas tree and reusing it for years may seem like a more [...]
I have notebooks filled with scribbled names of plants I’ve seen in gardens, on social media, or heard about from friends. My list of must-have plants runs to 68: a [...]
Entrance to the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in the National Arboretum in November of 2021. The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum opened in 1976 with a gift of 53 [...]
So let's be more careful about labeling plants our grandparents grew as old-fashioned because, let's face it, Rick Danko was way the hell cooler than Taylor Swift and your grandmother was way the hell cooler than you. In fact, there's no possible way that the world's coolest millennial, or GenXer, or GenYer, or BroodXer, or whatever is even half as cool as the least cool person at Woodstock. If you exclude all the members of Sha Na Na. So don't give me no shit about Zinnias being old-fashioned. You should be so lucky to be that kind of old-fashioned.
Zinnias at the Delaware Botanic Garden Zinnias - I'm reading everywhere about their fabulousness in attracting pollinators, especially butterflies. In fact, when I googled the topic I surprised [...]
Any weeping katsura is not only proof that God exists but one will also answer any other hard questions you might have. ‘Amazing Grace’ weeping katsura, however, does all that and also makes you rich.
Nonnative shrubs I've grown and loved. Recently, our English partner in GardenRanting - Anne Wareham - commented (on this post), "It would be useful for someone from the [...]
The USDA agent introduced himself as "Mr. Hash.” I worried I was having a flashback. I struggled to avoid asking, "You’re f#@*ing kidding me?" This is a follow up to [...]
