Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Julia Child’
Karen Think of golden butter and delicious fragrance and Julia Childs comes to mind, either the well-know chef or the rose that she chose to bear her name. A popular exhibition…
Book Review: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
The beautiful colors of leaves in the fall is a great time to catch the attention of children to the trees growing around them. Lois Ehlert’s book, Red Leaf, Yellow…
Weeds and Their Control: Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
There are many bellflowers that are good garden plants but this is not one of them. Although the flowering stems are delightful and look lovely in a vase, the plant…
Plant Profile: Dawn Redwood (Metasquoia glyptroboides)
This deciduous conifer was described from fossil evidence in 1941 and was thought to be extinct until 1944 when a few trees were found in central China. Since then seeds…
Katydids: Ten Interesting Facts
Most people have heard of katydids but when was the last time you saw one? They have a distinct sound and perhaps you have listened to it in the evening…
Plant Profile: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
This native of eastern North America is a magnificent slow-growing deciduous tree that reaches its full potential in Ohio and the Mississippi river valley. It is ideal for a large…
Book Review: Seed to Seed
Whether you want to save vegetable seeds to save something special or obtain unique plant material that is not available commercially, seed saving is a successful and rewarding way to…
Weeds and Their Control: Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
The bane of every hay fever sufferer, common ragweed is a summer annual native to North America and is found throughout the United States including Hawaii but not Alaska. It…
Plant Profile: Sea Buckthorn ( Hippophae rhamnoides)
Grown in China for twelve centuries for its medicial uses this spiny deciduous shrub may become the next health food fad but is a useful garden plant too. The outstanding…
Rose Garden Themes: Beverages-Wine
With wine tasting on the rise it is not surprising to find roses named after wines. The wine-named roses are hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures and one David Austin English rose.…