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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.

Some fall garden moments

October 16, 2007

A new focal point in the blue and gold garden- a super-deluxe Purple Martin house. This post of the tiny tender bulb known as…

Blog Break for two weeks.

October 16, 2007

Folks, Im taking a break until Oct 19 due to the deadline for my book. Thanks for visiting, see you next week!

fall Bulbs – the quality and price conundrum

September 20, 2007

Although I am late in placing my orders for Dutch bulbs for planting, both in the greenhouse and in the garden, it isn’t too…

Cyclamen graecum

September 17, 2007

Cyclamen graecum on a cold, September morning The temperature this morning reached down into the high 30’s, near freezing, which reminded me that the…

thmells and thounds like Smithiantha

September 13, 2007

Smithiantha ‘Big Dots Rule’ This summer I decided to grow a number of more unusual Gesneriads, all members of Gesneriaceae, the family which includes…

Chilly Mornings and Tea

September 5, 2007

Ever wonder what green tea looks like as a plant? Here, Camellia sinensis, or the true green tea tree, which is a Camellia, blooms…

Summer Rainbow Border

August 29, 2007

Summer Bulbs in Containers

August 27, 2007

Surely not very exciting to most growers unless you are a collector, I share with you a collection of summer-growing South African bulbs. Relatively…

Samurai Orchid

August 19, 2007

Neofinetia falcata, or the Samurai Orchid, is a tiny, fragrant, and highly collectable orchid from Japan, where it has many fans, and clubs organized…

High Summer, hello autumn?

August 15, 2007

The tropicals front of the greenhouse continue to mature in the late summer heat of last week. I think Fergus can smell the brugmansia….