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.

Plant Tag Round Up -A Look at Plant Labels

March 5, 2010

Wooden labels available from Terrain. Hand Crafted Wooden and Bamboo Labels available at Terrain. I am starting something new, and it’s called Round Up….

Winter’s Beauty and Fierceness

March 1, 2010

Some plants are just designed for snow. A grove of White Spruces display a horizontal motif on the Drake’s Creek train in the White…

Discovering Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

February 28, 2010

I order seeds from a number of seed companies, and, in an earlier post this past month, I shared some of my thoughts about…

A peaceful hike In the land of Bode Miller

February 23, 2010

I’ve been a slug this winter, and even though I drive by a gym every night, no, wait, I lied…..three gyms ( where I…

Exploring the Botanical Pools on Flickr

February 22, 2010

Flickr and Flickr Groups are very useful for seeing a plethora of species shot in the their wild habitats, and plants in private collections….

Move Over Harvard Glass Flowers…Mrs. Delany is in the house

February 19, 2010

A Pancratium umbel cut from paper in the 1700’s by paper artist Mary Delany ( British Museum Image) It may seem silly to report…

Botanizing the wild side of eBay

February 17, 2010

Uniflora darwinii, the seeds of this South American alpine Calceolaria are available from Strange Wonderful Things, a seller of unusual plant material on eBay,…