Book Review: Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds to Your Backyard
Karen One of the great pleasures of having a garden is watching the butterflies and birds that come to live there. Their beauty alone makes them desirable guests but added to…
Basic Types of Potting Soil for Containers
One of the most important factors affecting success with container grown plants is the choice of potting soil. The potting soil should be light weight, provide the roots with air…
Plant Profile: ‘Read Head’ Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Red Head’)
The large plumes of ‘Red Head’ fountain grass are 8-10” long and 3” wide. Pink when they first appear, the plumes mature to smoky purple. They appear in mid- to…
Garden Hedges: Flowering Shrubs 1
When the weather becomes warm spending time outdoors becomes a pleasure. What better way to enjoy the outdoors than having a garden room bounded by hedges. The hedges can define…
Plant Profile: Creeping Polemomium (Polemomium reptans)
The lovely light blue flowers create a magic moment in late spring for a couple of weeks when the foliage takes over and provides the main interest. The leaves are…
Product Review: Ethel Gloves
There are few problems that are worse for gardeners than dirty finger nails and rough hands. Most garden chores end up with hands in the soil or picking up plant…
Three Jasmines for the Garden
Confederate jasmine, poet’s jasmine, Carolina jasmine and star jasmine; they are all vines, have fragrant flowers, and are popular garden plants. When you go to buy jasmine at the local…
Plant Profile: ‘Pink Chablis’ Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Chablis”)
‘Pink Chablis’ spotted deadnettle makes a pleasant ground cover for a shady spot with its white variegated leaves and pink flowers. Its long blooming season from late spring to mid-summer…
Garden Hedges: Evergreen Conifers-2
Evergreen conifers offer many features that make them desirable as a hedge. Their dense covering of needles throughout the year make an effective screen or privacy hedge and can serve…
Plant Profile: Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
If you are familiar with this plant you either live in the northwest United States or know it from the floral trade. A member of the heather family salal is…