Orchids used to be very expensive and certainly not readily available at grocery stores or garden centers. Today, blooming orchids are a commodity and they can be found about ...
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Out of season blooms
Several people have commented about forsythia and magnolias and other spring or early summer flowering trees and shrubs blooming this fall. Even as I write this, there are patches ...
Spring bulbs and companions
My favorite thing to do in fall is plan for spring by planting bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs, especially with companion perennials. Look at where your perennials are and see ...
Three great plants for fall containers
Three great plants for fall container gardens: Mustards for Fall Cold tolerant, colors range from pinks to greens and purples, making them good to mix with pansies, snaps and ...
Willburn tackles tropicals and Norris celebrates nature in new garden books
New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris, Cool Springs Press, $30, hardcover When I edited a bunch of magazines ...
Book reviews: Plant partnerships in the garden
Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty by Lisa Mason Ziegler, Cool Springs Press, soft cover, $21.99. Ziegler started her plant career in the florist ...
Garden coaching reveals Indiana landscape problems
Coaching stints reveal common problems in Indiana landscapes. Plants too big for their space is one. But there are others. Here are some things to keep in mind when working in your ...
TV Flowers Steal the Scene
Throughout the year-plus of Covid-19, practically anyone who gave us the news was televised from homes, vacation spots and about any place but a studio. They were in what looked ...
Gardening and Life-long Learning
A few years after high school graduation, my friend Sherry read my palm. She was always a bit of a wild child from a large family that lived in a house with a solarium. Even then, ...
The play’s the thing to support GardenComm
You know me. I don't sell stuff, but I want to share with you info about a fundraising event for an organization that changed my life. This is my second year as president of ...