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.

Bit-by-bit,Putting it together – My Top Perennial Garden Secrets Revealed

March 10, 2011

When choosing perennials and bulbs from catalogs, we might be missing a great color opportunity if we overlook selections based off of close-up photos…

Referencing My iPhoto Lookbook

March 9, 2011

It’s time to place my final orders for plants, and I love looking back as I plant forward, as trends change in design, and…

March comes in like an Orchid

March 7, 2011

A Dendrobium alexanderae in bloom last week at the Lyman Estate greenhouse. Back in my greenhouse, a Chinese Cymbidium sinense, growing in a traditional…

My Camellia Collection Blooms

February 28, 2011

If Valentines became flowers, they would be Camellias. As February draws to a close, so does the Camellia season. Even here in New England,…

Rhodohypoxis- the Lemming of the Plant World

February 28, 2011

What this on your deck or terrace? Follow these directions on how to grow one of the least known and most showy of South…

My Own, Private, Spring Flower Show

February 28, 2011

It’s a little self indulgent, ( um….a little?), but I just can’t help myself. I mean, how could I not post these images that…

Lachenalia: A New Classic and an Heirloom Classic Species

February 28, 2011

Lachenalia ‘Romaud’, one of the easiest new bulbs to ‘force’ into bloom on your windowsill. Still rather new to culture, these hybrids are fool-proof…

Greenhouse Mecca – A visit to The Lyman Estate

February 27, 2011

The Camellia’s are in full bloom this month, at the 200 year old greenhouses at the Lyman Estate, a half hour west of Boston….

The Last ‘Scented Violet’

February 22, 2011

A pot of scented violets currently in bloom in my greenhouse. The powerful scent is all you can smell, when you first enter. A…

A Winter Garden of Bulbs in Pots

February 21, 2011

A collection of potted of small bulbs brings winter interest to a cold greenhouse, as the snow begins to fall outside. There are so…