Growing With Plants

Nemesia, Salpiglosis, Schizanthus, Larkspurs – want old fashioned annuals? Always start your own from seed, follow directions and pray for a long, cold, spring….

It’s just about time to sow tomatoes, any earlier, and you are compromising your crop From Old Fashioned rarely seed garden annuals to the…

A spectacular meadow of naturalized Crocus tommasinianus at our friends Mike and David’s new house in Woodstock, CT. Here, they planted hundreds of crocus,…

Thoughts on Japan. With the recent horrible events in northern Japan, and the Miyagi Prefecture where I have spent so many days over my…

Giessorhiza corrugata, a seedling of the wild bulb flower that grows on the shale slopes in Calvinia, South Africa. Planted as seed in 2008,…

Pussy Willows! Still teensy, but reassuring. Our Pussy willows ( Salix discolor), are just showing their catkins. These remind me of when I was…

As our glacier retreats, winter damage can be found everywhere. Even this Japanese maple in the front garden lost some limbs as the ice…

Just one week ago, the snow on the deck was still nearly 5 feet deep, having turned to an icy, dense medium as the…