Everyone can recall delightful spring pictures of daffodils blooming amid groundcovers of pachysandra, English ivy, or vinca. Perhaps the unforgettable blues of scilla, muscari, and chionodoxa, popping up among covers
Portland, Oregon, has been a plantsman’s stronghold since the early days of northwest exploration. In its immediate surroundings are many botanist landmarks, such as the old Hudson Bay trading post
This was the problem: Cambridge winters are often gray and dreary, and the view from a huge floor-to-ceiling window can be bleak. How to soften that snowy scene? The answer—a
Autumn is the season to harvest. Fruits have ripened on trees, and vines and vegetables have matured in fields. In gardens, flowering plants have completed their growth cycle and are
While enjoying the summer garden, there is a chance to correct omissions or mistakes in the landscape that may have been overlooked during the heavy planting season in spring. One
The buddleias, or butterfly-bushes, popular plants in the North, came from Asia. Although generally classed as rather coarse shrubs, they are now widely planted because of their pleasing color range.
Anything Dr. Donald Wyman or Dr. John C. Wister wrote about lilacs is worth reading carefully, for few have had as much experience with the lilac as it grows in
These words will be read at the beginning of the fall planting season, so it may be good to consider some improvements in the spring garden, which can be made
With everyone looking for the “new” plants, we often overlook some of our best ones that have been in nurseries for years. This is especially true of shrubs. There are
Fatshedera, sometimes called tree ivy, is a plant of hybrid origin, resulting from a cross between Fatsia japonica, a small native Japanese tree, and our familiar English ivy, Hedera helix.