The Best Grapes For Your Area
The grape varieties grown by home gardeners are hybrids or crosses among two or more distinct species. The European wine grape, Vitis vinifera, is part of most grape varieties used
Landscape
The Values Of The Common Milkweed
“Its hidden silk has spun.” These few words, taken from Helen Hunt Jackson’s poem “September,” artfully introduce the lovely Asclepias syriaca or milkweed. Visualizing Asclepias syriaca, you probably think of
Baneberries
The white baneberry, Actaea alba (pachypoda), grows wild in moist, rich woods from Canada to Georgia and west as far as Oklahoma. The plant is also known as snakeberry, necklace
Fall’s A Good Time To Plant A Fruit Garden
In all regions of this country except the colder portions of the northern states, it is not only feasible but more advantageous to plant small and tree fruits, except peaches,
Water Lily Or Lotus
What looked like a wild, cream-colored water lily in abundant bloom was seen last fall in the backwaters of certain slow-flowing Kansas streams. It was striking in appearance and worth
Propagating Rhododendrons Fun Rewarding
With some 700 species and at least 10,000 hybrids to choose from, it is little wonder the rhododendron has claimed the affection and interest of gardeners. Whenever a breathtaking specimen
Observations About Lilacs
An old and often repeated saying is that lilacs should be chosen in the spring but planted in the fall. Like most sayings of this kind, it is sound but
The Making And Use Of Composts
Cemmenting on the claim by advocates of organic gardening that commercial fertilizers are harmful to the soil. Donald Conlin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, says that, although the
Prize Peonies At The Shows
Show dates have to be set well in advance, and, of course, they are always set based on “average” weather conditions in the vicinity. It’s only natural, then, that whenever
Plant Fruits This Fall
Fall is a good time to plant fruits. Trees and bushes set out during the autumn months will start growth early the following spring—just as soon as weather conditions are