Never Lose a Dahlia Name Again!
Just write the cultivar name on the tuber so you won’t forget it! Photo: Swan River Dahlias You’ve started toContinue Reading
Author: Larry Hodgson
Garden writer and blogger, author of 65 gardening books, lecturer and communicator, the Laidback Gardener, Larry Hodgson, passed away in October 2022. Known for his great generosity, his thoroughness and his sense of humor, he reached several generations of amateur and professional gardeners over his 40-year career.
Thanks to his son, Mathieu Hodgson, and a team of contributors, laidbackgardener.blog will continue its mission of demystifying gardening and making it more accessible to all.
Plant Snowdrops for the First Flowers of Spring
Common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis). Photo: www.crocus.co.uk Go to any garden center in the fall and you’ll see an almost endlessContinue Reading
Cymbidium: October Houseplant of the Month
The stem is concealed in a forest of soft green leaves. The flower stems quickly almost become top-heavy with flowers.Continue Reading
Can You Overwinter Tropical Waterlilies?
Tropical waterlilies are spectacular, but not easy to overwinter! Photo: www.aquascape.com From the gardener’s point of view, there are twoContinue Reading
10 Fun Facts About Bulbs
Ill.: www.pinclipart.com & www.freeiconspng.com For most gardeners, fall rhymes with bulb planting. As our other plants go dormant, we canContinue Reading
Nectaroscordum: An Allium Once Again
Garlic honey (Allium siculum) flowers. Photo: ellishollow.remarc.com One of my favorite bulbs is honey garlic (Allium siculum), better known underContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Plants Love Classical Music
Records like this actually sold well in the 1980s. Photo: www.reddit.com This horticultural myth was really big in the 1980s whenContinue Reading
True Grit: Plants That Coat Themselves in Sand
Sand verbena showing pretty flowers and sand-coated leaves. Photo: slandnature.ca No one likes getting a mouthful of sand. That’s oneContinue Reading
Overwintering Rieger Begonias
Rieger begonias. Photo: www.swflorist.com Rieger begonias (B. × hiemalis), often called Elatior begonias, are hybrid begonias, originally derived from a cross betweenContinue Reading
Neonics Seem to Harm Songbirds Too
White-crowned sparrow with a transmitter fixed to its back. Photo: Margaret Eng, www.cbc.ca You’d have to have been well isolatedContinue Reading