EXERCISING PATIENCE WITH SPRING, AND DIVIDING DAHLIAS April 27, 2015 I should have called this post ‘biting my tongue’ – so can someone please tell me when it became OK for garden centers to… Continue Reading
ROCK GARDENING SOCIETIES – BEYOND ROCKS – A SPECIAL GIVEAWAY April 23, 2015 NATIVE PLANTS SHINE IN THIS WATER-WISE ROCK GARDEN IN SANTE FE ON A TOUR WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY – A SOCIETY… Continue Reading
ABBIE ZABAR’S NEWEST ORCHID POT DESIGNED FOR SEIBERT & RICE April 20, 2015 LARGE SPECIMEN ORCHIDS SUCH AS THIS CATTLEYA ‘KATHLEEN CLARK’ ‘CARMENITA’ REQUIRE A GOOD, HEAVY CLAY ORCHID POT – AND THIS JUST RELEASED ORCHID POT… Continue Reading
PRUNING ESPALIER APPLES AND REPOTTING BAY LAUREL TREES April 14, 2015 INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT JUST 3 WEEKS AGO, THESE SHRUBS WERE ALL UNDER FEET OF SNOW. NOW, PANSIES ARE PLANTED IN NICE, RICH SOIL…. Continue Reading
WE PREPARE FOR SPRING, FULLY LOADED April 13, 2015 After cutting down our giant 20 year old Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold’s Prommis’ last summer, I knew that I would miss it’s early bloom,… Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: HELENA ATTLEE’S – THE LAND WHERE LEMONS GROW April 6, 2015 Books tend to pile up by my bedside – maybe they do for you too, but my book stack won’t ever make it on… Continue Reading
PASQUE FLOWERS – EASTER PULSATILLA April 5, 2015 A PURPLE PASQUE FLOWER, PULSATILLA VULGARIS (RAISED FROM JELITTO SEED) – THESE REALLY ENJOY THE STONE WALL HOLDING UP THE ALPINE BED, WHERE THEY… Continue Reading
MY (SORT-OF) SECRET SOURCES FOR INTERESTING PLANTS FOR CONTAINERS AND MORE March 29, 2015 IOCHROMA FUSCHIOIDES ‘ROYAL QUEEN’, A SPECTACULAR TROPICAL SHRUB FOR A SUMMER CONTAINER IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE NOW, FOR POTTING… Continue Reading
TEN GARDENING TIPS I WILL NEVER WRITE ABOUT March 22, 2015 Perennial Euphorbia ‘Ascot Rainbow’ does make a good pot plant in a cold greenhouse. This one was a gift from the gal’s at Blythewold… Continue Reading
A RARE TUBEROUS NASTURTIUM FROM THE ANDES March 19, 2015 TROPAEOLUM X TENUIROSTRE (A NAME USED BY KEW FOR THIS RARE RELATIVE OF THE NASTURTIUM, BUT THE NAME OF THIS SPECIES IS STILL UNDER… Continue Reading
