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THERE ARE PLANTS THAT SEEM TO GET BETTER WITH AGE. A PULSATILLA BLOOMS IN THE ALPINE GARDEN, STARTED FROM SEED EIGHT YEARS AGO, THESE…

WIN THIS NICE HANGING HAND-THROWN CONTAINER BY INGLESIDE POTTERY – see details at end of post I discovered Laine’s amazing hanging pottery containers a…

IN OCTOBER, I SOWED SOME SPENCER SWEET PEAS IN A METHOD SUGGESTED FOR ZONE 5 IN A 1905 BULLETIN – SWEET PEAS IF PLANTED…

RAISED ETHNIC LITHUANIAN, EASTER IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT WE NEVER MADE ELABORATE EASTER EGGS, RATHER, MY MOM USED TO USE…

A tiny rare wild Gladiolus species from the Cape of South African, Gladiolus alatus blooms in a small clay pot, just as the pot…

Helleborus x hybridus ‘Heronswood Black Purple Strain’ These are the days when in just one week, the entire garden can change seasons. One day,…

Troughs were invented by Victorian gardeners, turning stone sinks from old farms into gravelly filled containers in which they could grow plants collected from…

FOR THE GREENHOUSE OR COLD WINDOWSILL ONLY, PRIMULA OBCONICA CANNOT SURVIVE OUTDOORS IN ZONES 9 OR LOWER. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED P. OBCONICA, BUT…