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.

Winter Blues

January 15, 2012

Solenostemon thyrisoides, a winter-blooming old fashioned conservatory plant, rarely seen today in any collections blooms on a sunny January day in the greenhouse. Every…

The Winter Windowsill – Rare Bulbs

January 14, 2012

THE CAPE HYACINTH Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor CULTURE- Easy as Papewhite narcissus. Purchase bulbs in autumn from specialist bulb catalogs, and some Dutch bulb…

My Favorite Seed Sources

January 11, 2012

Is it just me? Or are there more seed catalogs arriving in the mail than ever before? Clearly our new digital work has not…

Uncommon Home Grown Citrus

January 6, 2012

MANY CITRUS MAKE EXCELLENT WINDOWSILL PLANTS, IN MY GREENHOUSE, I KEEP ABOUT TEN TYPES, HERE ARE A FEW. As a teenager, I was a…

A Sunny Winter Day in the Greenhouse

January 3, 2012

WITH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FINALLY DROP TO BELOW 10 DEG. F, A BRONZE COLORED CYMBIDIUM ORCHID ENJOYS A SUNBEAM ON A JANUARY SUNNY…

Exhibition Flowers – Why not grow the best?

January 2, 2012

JUDGES FROM THE NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY EVALUATING SWEET PEAS IN ENGLAND AS PART OF THE RHS WISLEY TRIALS. LEARNING WHAT VARIETIES OF FLOWERS…

Greeting a Dawning Year

December 30, 2011

CONSERVATORY DELIGHTS WELCOME A NEW YEAR A COMPOSITION INSPIRED BY AN ENGRAVING PUBLISHED IN THE YOUNG GARDENERS ASSISTANT by Thomas Bridgeman, 1853. PERIOD FLOWERS,…