Lovage: The Easy-Peasy Celery?
Celery (Apium graveolens dulce) is a persnickety vegetable that only seems to thrive on constant attention. It is slow growing,Continue Reading
Category: Perennials
Saving Plants from the Excavator
Question: We’ll soon be having a French drain installed all around our house. However, that’s where I grow most of myContinue Reading
The Plant Behind the Red-Veined Baby Leaf
If you’ve eaten out in sophisticated restaurant lately, you may well have seen, in your salad or on an appetizer,Continue Reading
Finally, A Slug-Killing Hosta!
At the Vietnamese Hosta Society annual symposium held last week in Ho Chi Minh City, hosta hybridizer Ngày Nói D?i launchedContinue Reading
A 4-Leaf Clover for Saint Pat’s Day
Yes, March 17th is Saint Patrick’s Day, the date of the death of the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick (385–461Continue Reading
Herb of the Year 2019: Anise-Hyssop
This year’s Herb of the Year, so named by the International Herb Association, is anise-hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), also called giant hyssop orContinue Reading
2019 Year of the Perennial Salvia
Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one annual, one bulb, oneContinue Reading
10 Popular Myths About Hostas
What do you really know about hostas? Photo: www.grassrootsdesign.ca Hostas are one of the most widely grown perennials in temperateContinue Reading
Celebrating Chrysanthemum Day
A Chrysanthemum Day show in Japan. Source: japanesehealthylife.wordpress.com Chrysanthemum Day (????or Kiku no Sekku) is one of the five ancient sacred festivalsContinue Reading
When Peonies Go to Seed
Normally the term “going to seed” has a negative connotation, meaning to decline, go downhill, age out, etc., but withContinue Reading