Growing With Plants

The magnificence of the noble true tree peony – the aristocratic and woodier cousin of the herbaceous peony, is not a tree at all,…

THE FUZZY HAIRS WHICH COVER ECHIUM FASTUOSUM, CAPTURES THE SETTING SUNLIGHT ON A COOL, SPRING NIGHT. THIS COMMON CALIFORNIAN ROADSIDE PLANT, IS RARELY SEEN…

CYPRIPEDIUM ‘GESELA’, STILL YOUNG AND PALE, THIS NEW PLANT STILL PRODUCED A SINGLE BLOSSOM. IN A FEW YEARS, IF ALL GO’S WELL, THIS PLANT…

JOE WORKS ON SOME OF THE NEW HIVES THAT ARRIVED TODAY It usually starts like this: The phone rings at 6:00 am, and it’s…

IRIS HENRYI, A CHINESE WOODLAND IRIS THAT IS SMALL, AND FLORIFEROUS This past weekend, a pot of Iris henryi, a rare woodland iris from…

I keep adding to my collection of blossoming cacti species, even when not it bloom, the thorns can be very decorative. Cacti and desert…

Primula auricula In most years, the first week of May marks the time when the ephemerals and wild flowers in New England reach their…

Mine, mine…all mine! Meh heh heh. My treasures- winnings from last  Saturdays rare plant auction sponsored by the New England chapter of the National…