Here's HortusScope for March 2014, a checklist of garden and nature related events compiled as a public service by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies. Please click on the link below ...
Snow-smothered and light-deprived perennials
Granted, snow is nature’s best insulator, but some gardeners are wondering about the perennials that retain their leaves through winter. Coral bells (Heuchera), hellebores ...
Design tips to create inviting spaces in the landscape
If you struggle with getting good design in your landscape, develop a relationship with the space, the plants and the natural rhythm of the seasons. That’s the advice from noted ...
Be a citizen scientist and participate in the Great Back Yard Bird Count
Celebrate Valentine’s Day by showing your love of birds. The 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count will be Feb. 14 through 17. Last year was the first for worldwide reporting ...
You Can Grow That! February 2014: Sketch your plant desires
This time of year is one of the most tempting for gardeners. Most of the mail order catalogs have arrived and daily, we get e-mails offering seeds for delectable ...
Smaller Garden — Bigger Impact at 2014 Emily N. Daniels Horticulture Symposium Feb. 6, 2014
In today’s gardening world, less can definitely be more. The Indianapolis Museum of Art's daylong horticulture symposium, Smaller Garden — Bigger Impact, will bring together ...
Groundhog Day prognostications for gardeners
In honor of Groundhog Day, this might be a good time to review what some of the green prognostications for 2014. Window boxes. What better way to get a little flower and color ...
How will our plants weather the weather?
You know how we talk about winter hardiness and USDA Zones? The recent polar vortex provided an extreme test for many of our perennials, shrubs and trees. The current USDA ...
Cheyenne Spirit coneflower delights humans and pollinators alike
The National Garden Bureau has named 2014 the Year of Echinacea to celebrate our native coneflower. A worthy and reliable proponent of the title is last year’s All-America ...
Plants of year get their 365 days of fame
Every year the Perennial Plant Association names a plant of the year and in 2014, a native ornamental grass gets the nod. ‘Northwind’ switch grass (Panicum virgatum) was ...