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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.

Textbook Spring

May 15, 2007

It all seems to happen overnight, and sometimes it does, but thankfully, this year, we in New England are experiencing a classically slow spring….

Blue and White and May

May 8, 2007

At a local garden center last weekend, I drove Joe crazy, when I saw the most perfect Pansy, deep in the center of a…

Corydalis solida seedlings

April 30, 2007

This cluster of Corydalis solida has lost it label, but perhap is is a mixture of “George Baker’ seedlings. Still, nice as ever. It’s…

Corydalis solida

April 25, 2007

Corydalis vittae Janus Ruksans amazing catalog, is a must-have for any rare bulb connoisseur which you can obtain by writing him directly (he doesn;t…

ch..ch…ch..cha…changes

April 17, 2007

This Yew hedge is 100 feet long, 9 feet high and 12 feet wide. A freight train and taxus, and with two driveways passing…

Early Alpine season begins

April 11, 2007

late season Lachenalia

April 4, 2007

Lachenalia aloides var. anzyliae If you grow Lachenalia, most likely you grow one of the new Lacehalia aloides clan. This species is by far…

The Collectors Species Narcissus

March 27, 2007

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus A parent of many of the triadrus hybrids that one finds at garden centers like Thalia, this precious rare bulb…

A lion in March, and Pi day

March 18, 2007

Clivia Cyrtanthiflora Group selections Anyone who lives in New England knows that March can often bring the worst winter weather, fierce Nor’Easters and blizzards…

The lost Camellias of New England

March 12, 2007

A peppermint colored rose form Camellias may be iconographic to the south, and grown in southern California, but they also have a rich heritage…