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THE GARDEN IS ABUNDANT AROUND MEMORIAL DAY – SIBERIAN IRIS’ STRUT THEIR STUFF IN THE PERENNIAL BORDER BUT CHORES START EARLY IN THE MORNING…

CRISPY FRENCH RADISHES FOR BREAKFAST WITH SWEET, CREAM BUTTER.  THE DELIGHTS OF THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN BECOME REDEFINED THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL…

The magnificence of the noble true tree peony – the aristocratic and woodier cousin of the herbaceous peony, is not a tree at all,…

THE FUZZY HAIRS WHICH COVER ECHIUM FASTUOSUM, CAPTURES THE SETTING SUNLIGHT ON A COOL, SPRING NIGHT. THIS COMMON CALIFORNIAN ROADSIDE PLANT, IS RARELY SEEN…

CYPRIPEDIUM ‘GESELA’, STILL YOUNG AND PALE, THIS NEW PLANT STILL PRODUCED A SINGLE BLOSSOM. IN A FEW YEARS, IF ALL GO’S WELL, THIS PLANT…

JOE WORKS ON SOME OF THE NEW HIVES THAT ARRIVED TODAY It usually starts like this: The phone rings at 6:00 am, and it’s…

IRIS HENRYI, A CHINESE WOODLAND IRIS THAT IS SMALL, AND FLORIFEROUS This past weekend, a pot of Iris henryi, a rare woodland iris from…

I keep adding to my collection of blossoming cacti species, even when not it bloom, the thorns can be very decorative. Cacti and desert…