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Growing Annual Vines in Pots

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My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

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Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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

Cyclamania

September 25, 2008

Tis the season for Cyclamen, and I don’t mean those blousy, cabbagy, foil wrapped florist Clyclamen available at your local supermarket, although, they have…

CURATING A DAHLIA GARDEN BY COLOR

September 22, 2008

My dahlias this year were selected by color. Oh….so nice! There are 3 reasons why I am growing Dahlias this year. First, there is…

Vernally Speaking…

September 22, 2008

Colchicum make great and fragrant cut flowers, often lasting over a week in water ( even without water!). No need for standing eggs on…

Corydalis wilsonii seed

September 10, 2008

The tender alpine house Corydalis, C. wilsonii, has set seed late this year. This monocarpic Corydalis has interested me for a while,ever since seeing…

Growing Tuberous Begonias

August 24, 2008

Blackmore & Langdon Exhibition Begonias This year I made a significant investment in growing Tuberous Begonias. Two years ago, while attending the Chealsea Flower…

Dahlias and Dhucks

August 16, 2008

August isn’t August, without Dahlias, and Dhucks.A rainbow of Dahlias – the first picking of a carefully selected color palette that I ordered on-line…

Holy Hail Stones, Batman!

August 11, 2008

With all of the crazy weather that we have been getting here in Eastern US in New England this summer, it was bound to…

Trip to the Organic Farmers Market- Amherst, MA

August 11, 2008

The Organic Farmers Market on the common at Amherst, Massachusetts was a surprise find for us, this past Saturday. It may become a weekly…

Discovering Gardening Podcasts

August 6, 2008

A new Podcast series available for free from Bulb experts Brent and Becky Bulbs on iTunesOn my last trip to Japan, I spent some…

Black and white flowers

August 3, 2008

White Casablanca liliesI avoided growing this cultivar, since firstly, I prefer species forms of plants, yet if I was truly honest, I like all…