bushes for the long run, with mt. cuba’s george coombs
IN THE FACE of shifting climate patterns influenced by a altering local weather, the backyard could be a actually complicated place lately. What stressors are coming subsequent, and which crops…
Ornamental Plants
saving (and rising) native woman’s slipper orchids, with longwood’s peter zale
TODAY’S TOPIC is orchids, however not those you could be rising as a flowering houseplant. Our topic is native terrestrial sorts which can be most of the time underneath nice…
searching for flower bulbs, with ken druse
HAVE YOU DONE your bulb purchasing but? It’s ordering time each for fall-blooming treats like Colchicum, which you’ll be able to solely purchase now for those who hurry, and for…
enhancing the winter backyard, with warren leach
HOW’S WINTER shaping up the place you’re up to now or extra to the purpose: How’s the winter backyard wanting? What’s your view out the window this time of 12…
a bountiful hydrangea time, with ken druse
IT’S HYDRANGEA SEASON, and within the Northeast particularly this summer season, it’s actually been a loopy hydrangea season, with billows of blue bloom from bigleaf hydrangeas on view all over…
winter tree care, with basil camu of leaf & limb
I MESSAGED to my arborist neighbor the opposite day to simply say, “Completely satisfied holidays.” And on the finish of my be aware, I additionally mentioned this: “See you quickly.”…
galanthophilia! a ardour for snowdrops, with david culp
DAVID CULP is a self-professed Galanthophile, a lover and passionate, longtime collector of snowdrops in all their varied incarnations. He’s additionally a number of the annual Galanthus Gala symposium, which…
secrets and techniques to holiday-cactus success, with matt mattus
I WAS SCROLLING by Instagram the opposite day—sure, generally I simply can’t assist myself—after I noticed a publish by Matt Mattus about Christmas cactus. So though it’s nonetheless excessive summer…
collectible houseplants, with darryl cheng
SOME PEOPLE gather artwork, and others gather classic vehicles or possibly stamps or cash. Darryl Cheng collects houseplants. And in his newest ebook, “The New Plant Collector,” Darryl suggests some…
increasing the zinnia palette, with siskiyou seeds’ don tipping
WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE about zinnias? Natural seed farmer and breeder Don Tipping of Siskiyou Seeds and I each vote an emphatic “sure” in favor of constructing zinnias part of…