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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.

Bladder pods to Wasabi: Brassicas in Bloom

May 11, 2006

Wasabia japonica Anyone who has had the good fortune to eat at a high-end Japanese restaurant, such as Nobu, knows what a treat fresh…

American Primrose Society National Show

May 8, 2006

Show Auricula’s at the National Primrose Show A fancy striped show auricula, with outstanding coloration There have been no postings for the past four…

May Day Alpine Wall

May 3, 2006

This May is the anniversary of the raised stone alpine wall along the west foundation of the greenhouse. Alpine walls are basically, rock retaining…

Africa’s Rarest Pelargoniums

May 1, 2006

Pelargonium incrassatum The genus Pelargonium is largely South African, with more that 80 percent of the 270 species found on the continent. Without going…

The Busy weekend and To Do Lists.

April 30, 2006

If I was to make a to-do list, for any weekend in May, it would most likely be ten feet long. There just isnt…

Finally…rain

April 26, 2006

After one of the dryest springs ever, we finally recieved two inches of cold rain this week. It allowed to me replant some of…

Gentian-izing and Bitterroots

April 23, 2006

Last June, while botanizing in the Italian Alps, the mountain range known as the Dolomites in Northern Italy, within the Italian Alps, I became…

Pleaching Hornbeams

April 21, 2006

This week I pruned the pleached Hornbeam hedge along the stone walk that leads out to the woods behind the house. I also decided…

Troughs and trays

April 19, 2006

Last year, I hiked the alpine trails in the Italian Dolomites, there, the alpine meadows we’re spotted with a number of species of Blue…

High Alpine Primula marginata

April 19, 2006

Primula marginata are primroses that you will not find at a garden center. They must by ordered from an alpine plant catalog, or grown…