About 100 years ago, two nurseries in Zionsville were having a duel, of sorts, over which one could produce the best dahlias. Dahlias were incredibly popular in the early 20th ...
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See now and future plants for your Indiana garden
As you stroll around the Indiana State Fair, wander to the north end, just east of the DNR exhibit and you’ll get a glimpse of your future garden. Yes, that’s right. Step right ...
Hostas fry in full sun
I don’t care what the tags say, don’t plant hostas in full sun. Yes, there are several, such as ‘Sum and Substance’, labeled for full sun, but resist, I beg you. The hostas ...
Leggy plants, aggressive dames and a reluctant hibiscus, what to do
A few readers share their plant worries, worries that many gardeners have. Here are suggestions to allay concerns. Leggy plants hanging around Perry M. of Greenwood, ...
Secretive catbirds explore summer garden
Several years ago while working in my home office, I heard what I thought was a baby crying. Nah, I thought. Then I thought it sounded like a cat. I got up from the desk and ...
Went for Monet’s garden, left loving the dining room
A little over a year ago, I boarded a bus across the street from Tuileries Garden and the Louvre in Paris. I was off on a half-day tour to Monet’s garden and home in Giverny. I ...
Septoria spots on garden phlox
A sneaky fungus disease has attacked my stand of garden phlox. The leaves went from clean one day to spotty the next. This is the first time septoria has shown up on the garden ...
Catching up to the season: Tomatoes, peppers planted
Gardeners are nothing if not optimistic. Optimism was the driving factor to my spending the last few days of June and first few days of July planting tomatoes and ...
A fungus among us
Mother Nature has hit our gardens with a double whammy: Rain and high humidity. Did I ...
Scouting gardens leads to what’s old is new again
I recently spent much of a week scouting residential gardens in the Indianapolis area for a national magazine with its editor and ...