Water Mulch Secrets Summer Garden
Lammastide, as they used to call the first day of August and still do in places where the old names cling, was once synonymous with heavy rains and serious flooding.
Landscape
Topiary A Fascinating Craft
Topiary goes back as far as Ancient Rome, but for the last 200 years, the British Isles have been the principal home for the art. It is a fascinating craft
Some Cool-climate Grasses To Plant Now
Cool-climate grasses are the types most suitable for use in the northern sections of the country, including the northeastern, northern, midwestern, and northern Pacific coastal areas. In these climates, winter
Hollies In Landscaping
To many people, Holly conveys the impression of a plant with thick, spiny evergreen leaves and bright red berries. Our well-known American Holly, Ilex opaca, and the almost equally familiar
Protecting Small Fruits From Birds
Birds are most desirable in the garden for their unique insect and weed seed destruction powers. That does not mean they should be welcome to the gardener’s laboriously tended crop
Bird Of Paradise
Most plants grow on me slowly. I look at a few and say, “That’s for me!” That is the way I felt about bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae). Given the conditions it
Our Patios Came From Spain
Make your garden an outdoor living room.” This is the contemporary designer’s clarion call which heralds what is termed the new trend in garden art today. And a ghostly gardener
Making A Rock Garden
Laying up the rocks for a rock garden is probably too complex a subject for a short article. Besides, the subject has been covered fairly well in standard books which
Modernize Your Cut Flower Care
If our flowers are to remain alive and beautiful as long as possible, they must have a supply of food. A cut flower is essentially a flowering plant without roots,
The Amazing Schuss Yucca
The chaparral yucca (Yucca whipplei) grows for many years as a hemisphere of sharp spines (Spanish bayonet), then some spring days, a large shoot rises 10’ to 20’ feet in