Book Review: Great Gardens for Kids
Karen Playing out of doors is one of the best ways for kid to get exercise and learn to appreciate the outdoors but who wants kids wrecking the garden? Fortunately there…
Botany for Gardeners: Taxonomy of Dicots-Identifying the Water Lily Family (Nymphaeaceae)
Known from ancient Egyptian times, members of the water lily family, Nymphaceae, were made famous by Claude Monet’s series of water lily paintings and have become a water garden favorite.…
Weeds and Their Control: Giant Foxtail Grass (Setaria faberi)
Giant foxtail was introduced into North America from East Asia in the 1930s and is now a common weed in the eastern half of the United States especially in the…