Growing With Plants

Plant Trials

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

Plant Trials

My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

Success with Cyclamen

December 10, 2024

As we enter the winter months, one question I get asked often is how to care for potted cyclamen. Cyclamen are a popular florist…

Growing Cup and Saucer Vines

August 9, 2021

The annual vine known as the Cup and Saucer vine is beloved by many gardeners. Their large, cup-shaped purple or white blossoms and their…

Driveway Re-invention – Part 2

May 30, 2021

If you’ve been following along regarding the first phase of our big driveway reinvention project, I’m thrilled to share that we are nearly complete….

Our Driveway Re-Invention Part 1

May 23, 2021

I know that people find it fascinating that I live and now garden in the house where I was born and where my father…

Re-Thinking Scented Violets

April 16, 2021

Great confustion exists not only amongst us gardeners about what is and what isn’t a scented violet, but also with botanists. Luckly, with recient…

Artichokes in the North

February 9, 2021

I like to use the analogy of cooks vs. bakers when providing advice on annual artichoke culture. The fact is that artichoke culture isn’t…

The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food

February 8, 2021

I love surprises, and that’s precisely what I got when I received an envelope from 10 speed press the other day containing of all…

Winter Seed Sowing: Pros and Cons

February 8, 2021

Somehow, miraculously (and thankfully) seed starting season is just about here once again. Perhaps in no other year (or years?) has thinking about starting…

Falling Forward

October 19, 2020

I never knew that the antonym of autumnal was vernal. Which makes sense, I guess as there is no word for springnal. With covid,…

Windcliff, by Daniel J. Hinkey

September 19, 2020

I’ll admit it, I was a Heronista. There is hardly a plants person who hasn’t been influenced by Daniel Hinkley, his Heronswood Nursery, his…