MERRY MAIDEN INDEED, THAT SPRING May 15, 2015 THE ESPALIER APPLES ARE BLOOMING NICELY – SPRING IS NOW HERE, BUT FROST IS STILL IS A RISK Oh spring. Last night temperatures dipped… Continue Reading
WILD BIRDS TOOTH VIOLETS IN MICHIGAN SAND BARRENS May 13, 2015 INCREDIBLE WILD POPULATION OF VIOLA PEDATA AT THE SAND BARRENS IN MICHIGAN WHILE ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY… Continue Reading
THREE ROCK GARDEN TOURS AT THE NARGS ANNUAL MEETING IN ANN ARBOR May 13, 2015 PULSATILLA BLOSSOMS TRY TO STEAL THE SHOW IN THE AMAZING ROCK GARDEN OF JACQUES AND ANDREA URDA THOMPSON IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN – PART OF THE… Continue Reading
CROWDS SWARM TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN FOR THE AMERICAN PRIMROSE SOCIETY AND THE DAFFODIL SOCIETY SHOWS May 4, 2015 ‘MOON GLOW’ X ‘TWIGGY’ IS THE AWARD WINNING CROSS BY JUDITH SELLERS FROM NEW YORK STATE REALLY, CAN ANY PRIMROSE COMPETE WITH THIS BEAUTY?… Continue Reading
EXERCISING PATIENCE WITH SPRING, AND DIVIDING DAHLIAS April 27, 2015 I should have called this post ‘biting my tongue’ – so can someone please tell me when it became OK for garden centers to… Continue Reading
ROCK GARDENING SOCIETIES – BEYOND ROCKS – A SPECIAL GIVEAWAY April 23, 2015 NATIVE PLANTS SHINE IN THIS WATER-WISE ROCK GARDEN IN SANTE FE ON A TOUR WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY – A SOCIETY… Continue Reading
ABBIE ZABAR’S NEWEST ORCHID POT DESIGNED FOR SEIBERT & RICE April 20, 2015 LARGE SPECIMEN ORCHIDS SUCH AS THIS CATTLEYA ‘KATHLEEN CLARK’ ‘CARMENITA’ REQUIRE A GOOD, HEAVY CLAY ORCHID POT – AND THIS JUST RELEASED ORCHID POT… Continue Reading
PRUNING ESPALIER APPLES AND REPOTTING BAY LAUREL TREES April 14, 2015 INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT JUST 3 WEEKS AGO, THESE SHRUBS WERE ALL UNDER FEET OF SNOW. NOW, PANSIES ARE PLANTED IN NICE, RICH SOIL…. Continue Reading
WE PREPARE FOR SPRING, FULLY LOADED April 13, 2015 After cutting down our giant 20 year old Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold’s Prommis’ last summer, I knew that I would miss it’s early bloom,… Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: HELENA ATTLEE’S – THE LAND WHERE LEMONS GROW April 6, 2015 Books tend to pile up by my bedside – maybe they do for you too, but my book stack won’t ever make it on… Continue Reading