BOOK REVIEW – BEARDLESS IRISES July 9, 2015 Specialist or enthusiast books seem to be falling out of fashion with most publishers – a sad but perhaps more efficient reality given that… Continue Reading
THE ROTOTILLER RE IMAGINED – VERTICALLY July 8, 2015 Joe used this new Vertical Tined tiller “right out of the box”, insisting that we had to give it the Russian Roulette treatment. Let’s… Continue Reading
AROUND THE GARDEN, RANDOM JUNE TASKS AND EVENTS July 1, 2015 It’s just about lily season around here, and with this amazing lack of lily beetle, the lilies are looking fine, with no damaged foliage… Continue Reading
A CAMELLIA FOR THE NORTH? A STEWARTIA TREE COMES OH SO CLOSE June 29, 2015 Our 20 year old Stewartia pseudocamellia which oddly skipped blooming entirely last year, (but which has bloomed every year since I planted it), is,… Continue Reading
DUCKS WITH TRUCKER HATS – PLAYFUL VISIT WITH ILLUSTRATOR JEN CORACE June 25, 2015 Illustrator Jen Corace visited us yesterday, and some of our ducklings wanted to wear trucker hats – but why, you ask? We can always… Continue Reading
TEN IDEAS TO STEAL FROM THE GARDENS AT WAVE HILL June 20, 2015 A stunning tower of old-work roses trained in a spiral around a tuteur adds drama and stature to the gardens at Wave Hill. Last… Continue Reading
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY June 17, 2015 Various flowering cacti in the greenhouse sand bed – Rebutia, Lobivia and Mammilaria species. Continue Reading
RAISING GREAT PEONIES – THREE GENERATIONS OF MEMORIES LIVE ON June 13, 2015 The intersectional Itoh hybrid peonies are a cross between the traditional herbaceous type, and the tree peony. These sturdy and strong growers die back… Continue Reading
ART AND ALPINES BLOOM AT WAVE HILL – ABBIE ZABAR’S TEN YEARS OF FLOWERS June 9, 2015 JESS ROZENKRANZ EXAMINES ONE OF ABBIE ZABAR’S PRECIOUS PAINTINGS OF THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, IN… Continue Reading
