Book Review: Japanese Garden Design
Karen As soon as you enter a Japanese garden you know that it is special and different from western gardens in many ways. But have you ever considered why the gardens…
Birds in the Garden: Plants that Attract the Wood Warbler Family (Purulidae)
The warbler family is a large and diverse group, including over one hundred species spread out over North America, Central America, South American and the West Indies. Most prefer aboreal…
Plant Profile: Siberian bell Flower (Campanula poscharskyana)
This herbaceous perennial is native to the northern Balkans. It quickly spreads from the root crown by prostrate stems to form an attractive ground cover and will cascade down a…
Large Flowered Roses
Rose flowers come in many sizes from ¾” to six inches across but there is something very special about huge blooms. An average flower size of five inches or more…
Plant Profile: Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha)
This herbaceous perennial is a native of southwestern United States including parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah were it grows in moist places in sheltered canyons. It…
Book Review: Ten Little Caterpillars
Caterpillars are not everybody’s favorite critter but they are fascinating animals. Bill Martin Jr.’s book, Ten little Caterpillars, presents a peek into the lives of ten caterpillars in a beautiful…
How to Care for Bonsai: Southern Yew (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
Also known as Buddhist pine, southern yew is neither a yew nor a pine. It is native to Japan and China where it is a popular landscape tree especially in…
Plant Profile: Hairy Goldenaster (Heterothece villosa)
Hairy goldaster, is a herbaceous perennial native to North America from Canada to southern California, east to Texas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. It grows in open sunny dry sites forming clumps…
Weeds and Their Control: Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua)
A native of Europe, annual bluegrass is widespread in the United States occurring in all states including Alaska and Hawaii In mild climates it grows from fall to spring and…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Great Maiden’s Blush’
Also known as ‘Cuisse de Nymphe Emue’, this old alba rose has pale pink petals that fade to white on the edges. The cupped flowers are borne singly or in…