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.

Ornithogalum saundersiae

July 25, 2010

These four foot beauties are often overlooked by those who grow summer bulbs, but now I believe that of all of the Ornithogalums, O….

My Magazine, now free on iTunes for the iPad

July 21, 2010

It’s true, and, it’s free. If you have an iPad, you can download the Magcloud app for free either at iTunes, or at the…

Lilies!

July 20, 2010

Conca’d Or Lilies fill the air with their intense spicy fragrance. I can’t even imagine the mid-summer garden without fragrant, tall, true lilies ( not…

‘Love (finally), Lies Bleeding’

July 18, 2010

Or is it, Love Lies Green? Whatever, these ‘Love Lies Bleeding ( the green form) have reached 7 feet tall in our intense tropical…

MId Summer Harvest

July 16, 2010

Early pickling cukes are coming in, and I’ve been able to put up some quarts of pickles. Using my mom’s old recipe for dill…

I Join Fast Company’s Influence Project

July 15, 2010

As a fun experiment, I’ve been playing with a test with Fast Company Magazine called The Influence Project. If you would, please click on…

A hardy gloxinia -Sinningia tubiflora

July 13, 2010

I think I have finally mastered growing Sinningia tubiflora, one of the many new ‘hardier’ gesneriads, those plants in the African Violet family, which…

so what’s this about ‘woo-woo’? a video explains

July 13, 2010

Margaret Roach, gardener, author, good digital friend and former Martha Stewart Editor shares what makes gardening so Woo Woo for her. Check this out….

Black Calla Lilies and Green Zinnia’s

July 12, 2010

This weekend I picked some of the black and green flowers in the garden, in an effort to make an arrangement for a dinner…

Garden Folly

July 8, 2010

I have so many plant show ribbons, that fill my closets and potting shed, which I just adore because of their wierd, innocent, naive…