Plant Profile: Wishbone flower (Torenia fournier)
Karen I first met this charming plant in a small nursery in Annapolis MD, run by a husband and wife who seemed to love plants. They had all sorts of annuals…
Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Perennials 5
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Five Favorite Perennials for Wet Soils
It seems that most plants I want to buy like well drained soil but sometimes I really need one for a wet spot in the garden where many plants have…
Plant Profile: Hardy Iceplant ( Delospera cooperi)
Hardy iceplant is a tough little plant as long as it doesn’t get too much water. The succulent leaves form a dense low growing mat and appear to have tiny…
Garden Journal: July 25, 2010
We are back to high temperatures; everyday is well over 90 (as high as 99) with high humidity and evening showers. I think the plants went on vacation and I…
Plant Profile: Garden Cosmos aka Tall Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
Garden cosmos is a half hardy annual native to Arizona, Mexico and Guatemala to Costa Rica and is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow,…
Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Annuals 3
This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
How to Make a Basket Arrangement of Roses
At certain times of the growing season you may have an abundance of roses and what better way to enjoy them than to make a simple basket arrangement that you…
Plant Profile: Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
Love-lie-bleeding is a very special plant and not just because of its melodramatic name. It’s red flowers grow in rope-like tassels 12” long or longer all over the coarse leaved…
Garden Journal: July 18, 2010
For weeks I complained about the lack of rain and finally it rained; now I am complaining about too much rain. The soil is soupy, there is standing water in…