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Growing Annual Vines in Pots

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My Surprising Nicotiana Trial Results

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Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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

For the love of Pinterest

February 11, 2012

Here is an arrangement for all of my fabulous followers who so kindly invited me to Pinterest. Thanks so much! So for you, I…

GROWING CORAL AND POPPY WEDDING FLOWERS

February 10, 2012

Some of the best coral easy-to-grow flowers that I can recommend are ( top left, clockwise) Dahlia ‘Beach Bum’, Dahlia ‘Coral Gypsy’, Zinnia Benary’s…

A Clivia cross marks mid-season

February 7, 2012

CLIVIA MINIATA X CAULESCENS Known as Clivia Interspecific Group, these crosses between two species of the common houseplant clivia, are often crosses between an…

Camellia Bowl XLVII

February 5, 2012

In this month, when it seems we are forced to endure the dreary (thy grumpy Ground Hog, a dead President or two, dirty snow,…

Pitcairnoideae or Deuterocohnia? I still likey.

February 2, 2012

Botanist’s continue to study and reevaluate certain genus, and one of the latest changes happened while no one was looking – don’t despair, every…

Gardening in and out of your zone.

February 1, 2012

CAMELLIA’S LIKE THIS ARE STILL A LONG WAY OFF IN OUR ZONE 6a GARDEN, BUT MAYBE A FEW OF THE HARDIER FORMS WILL NOW…

Facing Environmental Disaster

January 31, 2012

I’ve been waiting for two years to write about this – and to avoid any bad juju, I just avoided writing about it. But…

Seeds from a Collecting Trek in Tibet

January 30, 2012

A Blue Himalayan Poppy ( Meconopsis) blooms aside an alpine lake high in the Himalaya. These and more arrived from an expedition share in…

More January Rare Bulbs

January 28, 2012

ASPHODELUS ACAULIS, A RARE ALPINE LILY-LIKE PLANT FROM TURKEY WITH LONG, DORMANT STORAGE ROOTS LIKE CARROTS, BLOOMS IN A LONG-TOM SET INTO A RAISED…

The Rarest of Rare – Hello ‘Blue Chilean Crocus’

January 22, 2012

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus ssp leictlinii, a true-blue flower that comes from a tiny corm. Nearly extinct ( or extinct in the wild) this is a…