When Autumn Leaves Fail to Fall
Typically, leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs drop off in the fall, often after changing color. However, sometimes these leaves—orContinue Reading
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My First Kokedama
I recently attended a workshop on how to make kokedamas: a plant grown in a moss ball. This is theContinue Reading
Keeping Plant Thieves at Bay
Have you ever experienced plants being stolen from your garden? It’s more common than you might think. A study inContinue Reading
A Spa Treatment for Houseplants
Indoor plants render great services to their owners. They decorate our homes, they purify the air we breathe, they reduceContinue Reading
Kitty Conflict Resolved!
There are many possibilities of conflict between cats and plants (read Keep Cats Out of Your Garden for a fewContinue Reading
Peat Pots For Fragile Roots
In this season when so many gardeners are starting their flowers and vegetables indoors, here are some thoughts on the “peatContinue Reading
Which Came First, The Butterfly or the Flower?
Biologists have long assumed that proboscis-bearing butterflies and moths like those of today (those of the Glossata clade) evolved toContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Cactus from Seed
Most cacti come from arid climates and our image of a cactus is precisely that of a plant adapted toContinue Reading
When Fertilizer Turns to Rock
You open a bag or container of fertilizer in the spring and you’re in for a shock: it’s as hardContinue Reading
Instant Hedges Reach America
Millennial gardening is not like 20th-century gardening. Patiently waiting for a seed to grow into a flower or tree isContinue Reading