Growing With Plants

Various succulents await potting up into a large, rusty urn. A few posts back, I listed some of my summer projects. The list is…

Uvularia divides easily, but use care while in bloom. The  divisions must be replanted immediately, best done on a rainy day, ensuring damp soil….

Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurora’ Last autumn, you may remember that I wanted to start planting larger groups of bulbs, and that instead of buying 6…

A Primula marginata blooms, rather weakly, because this one was rooted into a piece of tufa rock, which keeps the plant more in character. …

THERE ARE PLANTS THAT SEEM TO GET BETTER WITH AGE. A PULSATILLA BLOOMS IN THE ALPINE GARDEN, STARTED FROM SEED EIGHT YEARS AGO, THESE…

WIN THIS NICE HANGING HAND-THROWN CONTAINER BY INGLESIDE POTTERY – see details at end of post I discovered Laine’s amazing hanging pottery containers a…

IN OCTOBER, I SOWED SOME SPENCER SWEET PEAS IN A METHOD SUGGESTED FOR ZONE 5 IN A 1905 BULLETIN – SWEET PEAS IF PLANTED…

RAISED ETHNIC LITHUANIAN, EASTER IS A BIG DEAL FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT WE NEVER MADE ELABORATE EASTER EGGS, RATHER, MY MOM USED TO USE…