Plant Profile: ‘Blackbird’ Spurge (Euphorbia ‘Nothowlee’)
Karen The velvety dark purple foliage of ‘Blackbird’ spurge is striking in the garden from spring until fall. The foliage color is stimulated by sunlight so plants grown in full sun…
Weeds and Their Control: Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Also known has Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed, horseweed is found throughout to North and Central America where it grows along road sides, and in waste areas, meadows, fields,…
Book Review: The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs.
Is there any gardener that would not like a nonstop garden? That is, one that provides year round beauty. Of course, we all would and authors Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer…
Weeds and Their Control: Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
Common cinquefoil, also known as oldfield cinquefoil, is a low growing perennial that resembles a strawberry plant with yellow flowers. It is native to tall grass prairies but is now…
Plant Profile: New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
I am partial to ferns so I am likely to incorporate almost any fern into my garden but this fern offers some unique characteristics that make it special. It forms…
Flowering Vines for Ground Covers
Chances are that if you are growing vines they are growing up on a wall, fence or trellis. But many vines can be used as ground covers where they will…
Plant Profile: Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus)
The common name “gas plant’ surely piques the curiosity about this plant which is a fine garden specimen as well as a curiosity. According to the story the common name…
Book Review: Gardening with Heirloom Seed: Tried-and True-Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for a new Generation
Viewing heirloom seeds as living antiques, Lynn Coulter provides readers with historical background and cultural information on fifty heirloom plants that can be propagated from seed. The author considers vegetables…
Characteristic of Old Garden Roses: Portland
Portlands are a small group of roses with a mixed and uncertain heritage but probably have damask and gallica in their background. The group is named after the English Duchess…
Plant Profile: Broadleaved Bears Breeches (Acanthus mollis) ‘Latifolius’
The ancient Greeks admired the large deeply lobed and cut leaves of this tender herbaceous perennial and used it as a model for the decorative capitals on their Corinthian columns.…