Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Blackberry Wine
Karen Taken from the pages of my grandmother’s book, Old time recipes for Home Made Wines, published in 1909, this blackberry wine recipe is one of four that my paternal Grandmother…
Plant Profile: Peach (Prunus persica)
A native of China, the peach is a small deciduous short lived tree in the rose family, Rosaceae, and in the same genus as plums, cherries, almonds, and apricots. Nectarines…
Why Visit a Botanical Garden?
There are many botanic gardens all over the world that contain a wealth of wonderful experiences. They vary in size from small five acre gardens to huge gardens that cover…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘City of York’
Formerly called ‘Direktor Benschop’ this Floribunda type large flowered climber bears small clusters of buff colored buds that open to small creamy white cupped shaped flowers with prominent yellow stamens.…
Book Review: Chez Panisse Vegetables
If you are a vegetable lover as I am, Alice Water’s book Chez Panisse Vegetables, will appeal. Known for her focus on fresh locally grown food, Water’s presents over 375…
Award of Excellence 2018: Miniature and Miniflora Roses
The American Rose Society has announced two selections for the Award of Excellcne among minature and miniflora roses. Eligible roses are evaluated for two years (three for climbers) growing in…
Plant Profile: Narrow-spiked Ligularia (Ligularia stenocephala)
and is closely related to Senico (ragworts and groundsels). It has light green heart-shaped to triangular one to two feet long leaves that have toothed margins and are carried on…
Botanical Latin: Abronia
Abronia (a BRO ni a) from the Greek word abros, meaning delicate The bracts beneath the flowers of this group of plants is delicate, giving them this generic name. Abronia…
Plant Profile: Moonshine Yarrow (Achillea x ‘Moonshine’)
‘Moonshine’ yarrow is a compact, clump-forming herbaceous perennial and member of the aster family, Asteraceae that also includes goldenrod, daisy, and lettuce. It is a hybrid between A. clypeolata and…
Book Review: The Creative Shrub Garden
There are many books written on mixed borers but few that focus on shrubs. Andy McIndoe fills this void with his book, The Creative Shrub Garden, that shows readers how…