Growing With Plants

Plant Trials

Growing Annual Vines in Pots

Plant Trials

My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

Plant Trials

Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

High Summer Annuals ( and Mid-Season Perennials) Grow Forth

August 6, 2012

THE STEAMY HUMID AUGUST WEATHER BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN MANY LATE SEASON ANNUALS LIKE THIS ‘JOSEPH’S COAT’ AMARANTH, AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR. RARELY SEEN IN…

Nothing Say’s August, like Ever-Blooming Peonies

August 5, 2012

The peony has a long and rich history in horticulture, so it came as no surprise that our local Sunoco station, which is managed…

Beat the Heat with a White Garden

August 2, 2012

CALADIUM ‘AARON’ – I’M NOT THAT FOND OF CALADIUM, BUT DO LIKE THIS ONE, SO I BOUGHT 50. I LOVE HOW IT BRIGHTENS UP…

My Container Motif: Inspired by Galvanized Metal and Black

August 1, 2012

Galvanized metal, slate, black iron combine with silver and black leaved plants – my chosen motif for our decks this summer. The miniature pineapple…

A Hummingbird Garden in Pots

August 1, 2012

Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’ The Blue Lily of the Nile is a common landscape plant in the south, and in California, but here in New…

My favorite sprinkler…really!

July 31, 2012

Today this blog is from coming from not just Me ( Matt, but also from Joe. A few months ago, we agreed to review…

My ‘Oh So Fancy’ Weeds. That’s Right, Weeds.

July 30, 2012

Plantago barbata – a toothed slender leaved plantain from Chile, growing in an alpine trough. Plantago major ‘Variegata’. The variegated form of our common…

Serious about seed saving? Then time to geek out.

July 29, 2012

A RARE WILD GLADIOLUS SPECIES SUCH AS THIS G. ROBERTSONIAE, IS JUST ONE OF THE TREASURES ONE WILL FIND WHEN EXPLORING ON-LINE SEED SOURCES…

What We Can Learn from Olympic Women’s Basketball, and Color Theory in the Garden

July 28, 2012

ONLY PIXELS AND FLOWERS CAN REPLICATE SUCH COLOR INTENSITY, WHICH OPENS UP ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GARDEN DESIGNERS. WE CAN THINK DIFFERENTLY. NOTE:…

Let the games, begin

July 27, 2012

MY TRIBUTE TO THE 33rd OLYMPIAD, PICKED IN THE GARDEN TODAY