Shrubs Smile Trying Weather Conditions
While every section of the country has its climatic vagaries, it would seem that the Midwest, that expensive region of the interior stretching from the hills of eastern Ohio west
Landscape
Is Your House Planted
Your front yard should not be over-stuffed with planting; neither should you starve it of trees and shrubs. There is a happy medium. It results from good landscape design where
The Japanese Dogwood
Many valued American plants have their counterparts in Japan or China. This is true of the dogwoods, for the small Japanese (Cornus Kansa) and Chinese C. Kousa chinensis) dogwoods are
Your Garden Tractor
Your garden tractor can be as useful in September as it was in May. Whether you are a suburban homeowner and hobby flower gardener or grow vegetables on a highway,
Help Save The American Elm
You, Mr. and Mrs. Homeowner, may have much to do with the spread of Dutch elm disease, which has been spreading rapidly throughout several eastern states during the war years.
Lilies Make My Garden Exciting, Fragrant, Wonderful!
For years I adored them from afar, convinced their patrician beauty was beyond attainment for lack of skill and the price. Yet I could never resist poring over pictures of
Color Forecast: Blue Blue Flowers
Blue in the garden spreads a cooling reflection of the sky wherever it appears. But good garden blues are rare. There are many purple flowers or those of a rosy
Best Peonies
The Fiftieth Annual Exhibition of the American Peony Society, sponsored and staged by the Minnesota Peony and Iris Society in the large lobby of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
Dream Lawn And Roses
When members of the American Rose Society met at Columbus, Ohio, in September 1953, one of the rose gardens they visited on a tour was that of Mr. and Mrs.
Plant A Windbreak
With warm weather still here and the flurry of spring planting long over, there is time to relax and enjoy the results of our labors in the garden. Annuals set