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Sinocalycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ is an under used shrub, an intergeneric cross between our native  Eastern Sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus and the Chinese counterpart, Sinocalycanthus….

Succulent wall planters and a  great felt wool goat puppet ( these are what Martha was buying when I met her!). Aren’t they great?…

My wisteria tree, is still a vine, simply trained as a tree. This takes an incredible amount of heavy pruning two or three times…

If you’re a user of Google Reader you probably know by now that Google has decided to shut down the service as of July…

Whose that with Martha Stewart in the middle of this image? Why, no other than Kevin Sharkey.  I covet my Podophyllum pleianthum as much as…

Yes, that’s nurserydude and author Joseph Tychonievich admiring the awesome stock beds of trillium at the New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the…

Primula sieboldii selections from our garden ( from two years ago)  range from delicate snowflake shapes, to phlox-like pinks, to noddinggeisha types which are…

I have a soft spot for dark, slate colored selections of Helleborus. This one is a classic Heronswood selection. Last year, I divided all…

Get your gardening questions ready ( and make them interesting!). Tonight, I and a few of my fellow Troy Bilt Saturday6 bloggers will be…

The Ghost Tree, or Fabled Dove Tree, Davidia involucrata surprised me this spring, by finally blooming after 15 years. Perhaps in no other time…