Name This Plant Game: Medicinal Herbs 6
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Flowers for Holiday Arrangements: Scarlet Plume (Euphorbia fulgens)
Karen For a unique and festive look in holiday arrangements, try Euphorbia fulgens. You probably won’t find it at your local grocery store but it is available from florists, although you…
Plant Profile: Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias)
If you know this shrubby perennial by its common name, Mediterranean spurge, you probably know that it thrives in dry hot climates. And you can probability guess that it languishes…
History of Christmas Greens: White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Decorating for the Christmas holidays inevitable leads to using white pine, valued for its long, flexible needles that stay on the branches for weeks after being cut. The bluish-green color…
Plant Profile: Bishop’s hat (Epimedium grandiflorum)
What a blessing this plant is for the shade garden! In addition to growing well in limited light it competes well with the roots of trees and can grow in…
Name This Plant Game: Medicinal Herbs 5
This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
How to Make a Christmas Star Ornament from Sticks
Outside our kitchen window are several bird feeders that attract a variety of our feathered friends that we enjoy watching as they cavort and eat their favorite seeds and other…
Plant Profile: Brazilian Vervain (Verbena bonariensis)
This is not a plant that will catch your eye the first moment you look at a garden but it creates a subtle mood especially when planted as a “see…
Top Six Live Christmas Trees
Over 27 million real Christmas trees were sold last year in the US. That’s a lot of trees! Many different kinds of trees are used as Christmas trees but some…
Plant Profile: Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria)
Dusty miller is a half-hardy perennial native to the Mediterranean area and a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow, and lettuce. It grows 12-24″ tall…