Almost every garden journal during the year contains several articles on soil, stressing the importance of fertility, texture, heat retention, water-holding capacity, and other factors essential to good plant growth.
The Peace Rose has had an eerie history of timeliness in connection with world events. These various events have been recorded separately in Success with Roses, each as it occurred,
The crested flycatcher is often more heard than seen, for although handsomely plumed, his soft colors blend well into his treetop surroundings. He sits motionless on some flowery branch and
Maybe you strolled onto your porch one late summer afternoon to find a cool breeze. Perched on a porch rail or table, you discover something that looks oddly like an
This old plant in English gardens has been treasured as a valuable and striking feature for the herbaceous border and for moist positions elsewhere. The writer’s garden grows in light
My affection for the annual Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, a native of California’s shoreline from central California south into Baja California and especially abundant on the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, was deepened
Every summer, poison ivy causes much suffering, yet it can be controlled. The rash is caused by a volatile oil produced by the plant leaves. It is said that Indians
Brown flowers subdue and chasten the flames of the garden; they tame the cerise and magenta; they mollify the madder and vermilion. But, although their beauty is retiring and gentle,
You may make your green thumb even greener by rooting many of your cuttings under a new propagation system called constant mist. In this system, cuttings are bathed continuously in
Many flowering plants produce seeds naturally with the help of the wind or living creatures such as bees, bumblebees, butterflies, moths, and others. When man transfers the pollen from the