ANYTHING BUT EASTER STANDARD TIME April 21, 2014 Few words can describe the yummy colors found in the blossoms of this particular Cape Hyacinth – perhaps the rarest of them all –… Continue Reading
THE PERFECT SPRING April 13, 2014 A colony of Primula denticulata, (the Himalayan or Drumstick Primrose), which I raised from seed last year, are all emerging with nice, tight cobs…. Continue Reading
NEW PLANTS ARRIVE, TROPAEOLUM AND SEEDLING UPDATE April 7, 2014 The back bench in the greenhouse full of early spring color, with Lachenalia, euphorbia and primula brightening up the a late afternoon in April… Continue Reading
RUTH KASSINGER – BOOK GIVEAWAY March 31, 2014 RUTH KASSINGER’S NEWEST BOOK A GARDEN OF MARVELS – CURRENTLY ON MY BED TABLE, AND HERE, IN THE GREENHOUSE ON A RAINY DAY. It’s… Continue Reading
8 GREAT PLANTS FOR CONTAINERS, AND A WINNER! March 30, 2014 I am thinking about adding weekly or biweekly ( really? You all know that it might end of being more like bimonthly!) infographics, just… Continue Reading
GROW A VELTHEIMIA – AND A BEST BULB GIVEAWAY EVER! March 24, 2014 Veltheimia ‘Yellow Flame’ giveaway – win a division of this very plant that will bloom next winter in your house! A few of you… Continue Reading
IT’S SPRING, AT LEAST UNDER GLASS March 23, 2014 Although winter prevails outdoors, under glass, there seems to be no holding back spring. This Primula x Kewensis selection is a very nice one… Continue Reading
Revisiting, Revising and Editing Those Lists March 12, 2014 I need to audit my tomato collection. It’s time to balance our how many heirlooms to grow, and how many hybrids. Am I the… Continue Reading
Building a Community Garden with Troy Bilt March 11, 2014 As I mentioned in my last post, Troy-Bilt invited 6 of us bloggers, known as the Saturday6 to help Troy-Bilt construct a community garden… Continue Reading
Vizcaya Palace: Connections and Crossroads March 10, 2014 A limestone urn with a brilliant, giant bromeliad, Aechema blanchetiana, of which there are many named varieties, each grown for it ability to develop… Continue Reading