Growing With Plants

A CYRTANTHUS ELATUS CROSS ( ONCE KNOWN AS VALLOTA)  BLOOM MOST EVERY AUTUMN. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS EXACT CROSS ANYWHERE ( MOST LIKELY…

An enormous burst of flowers this year from this rare narcissus may be attributed to some fertilizer that I am testing, a slow-release brand…

Crocus kothyanus ‘zonatus’…really?  OK. I am confused.  Just because I am Lithuanian, does not mean that I know my crocus, let alone the fall…

FROZEN CHERRY TOMATOES THAT NEVER MADE THE FINAL HARVEST Our freak October Nor’Easter didn’t fail to deliver. Over the weekend, we received its full-force,…

First of all—IT’S OCTOBER! I figure that I have better post this now, before we loose electricity here in Worcester ( just west of…

NEW WINTER-FLOWERING SWEET PEA VARIETY CALLED ‘WINTER SUNSHINE” SPECIALLY BRED FOR LOW-LIGHT CONDITIONS FOUND IN NORTHERN GREENHOUSES. I discovered these terrific, new, winter-flowering sweet…

THE RARE AUSTRALIAN FINGER LIME PRODUCES TINY, ELONGATED LIMES WITH CRUNCY SEGMENTS THAT POP IN YOUR MOUTH. These are so cool, that I can…