Pelargoniums against Japanese beetles?
Not that I want to scare you, but… Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) season starts in late June/early July and ifContinue Reading
Category: Annuals
Castor Bean: the Fast Way to a Tropical Look
With its enormous palmate leaves and huge height (some cultivars can reach 10 feet/3 m!), castor bean (Ricinus communis) isContinue Reading
Thriller Plants for Containers
What can you use as a thriller plant for your container garden? Actually, almost any plant can be used asContinue Reading
Easy Peasy Container Gardens
I like to get my container gardens started a few weeks ahead of time. On one of those rainy daysContinue Reading
Save by Buying “Plugs”
In recent years, many of the garden centers in my area have started to offer their retail clients rooted cuttingsContinue Reading
Fascinated by Fasciation
The fasciated coneflowers that appeared in Yvon Veilleux’s garden. Question: A mutated coneflower (Rudbeckia hirta) appeared in our garden lastContinue Reading
A Silver Fountain for the Garden
If I had a prize to offer for Best New Annual of 2016, it would have to go to stachysContinue Reading
2016: The Year of the Begonia
Each year the National Garden Bureau declares a “year of” that features four plants: one vegetable, one perennial, one annual, andContinue Reading