Plant Profile: Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Karen This graceful native tree offers both flowers in the summer and beautiful autumn coloration. The lily of the valley like flowers hang in rows from clusters of 6-8” spikelets and…
How to Make a Flower Arrangement in a Pumpkin for Halloween or Thanksgiving
Halloween means pumpkins and pumpkins suggest a flower arrangement to me. Whether my Halloween pumpkin has been carved, painted, or used unadorned, making an arrangement in the pumpkin is another…
Recipe: Apple Cake
Apples are especially good in autumn when they are fresh and relatively inexpensive and my thoughts turn to my favorite apple cake. It is easy to make, tasty, and can…
Plant Profile: Juneberry/Snowy Serviceberry (Amelanchier lamarkii)
Juneberry is a triple delight with its spring flowers, June berries, and fantastic autumn foliage. It blooms with spring bulbs and its white flowers touched with pink are beautiful with…
Ten interesting Facts about Bats
Most people probably don’t want one fact about bats, let alone 10, but I’ll bet if you read this you will find at least one of them interesting. I will…
Plant Profile: Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
When we moved from an old historic brick house in Annapolis to the brand new brick house in North Carolina we were not thrilled with the starkness of the look…
How to Prepare the Rose Garden for Winter
Autumn in my rose garden is a beautiful time. The sunny days and cool, longer nights give the blooms more time to grow and develop so the flowers are larger…
Recipe: Green Peppers Stuffed with Meat and Rice
When frost threatens we go out to the garden and gather up all the produce left on the plants and sometimes we have a plethora of green peppers. On these…
Plant Profile: Red maple ‘Schlesingeri’ (Acer rubrum ‘Schlesingeri’)
The red maple announces its presence in early spring with a huge haze of red, produced by a myriad of tiny red flowers borne on the tips of the twigs…
Five Favorite Grasses for Fall
The cool temperatures of autumn allow fall blooming grasses to grow to their full potential. Some of them continue into winter providing beauty and interest well into spring. Many of…