The Colorful Mountain Brook Garden
Those flowers show dream gardens I see each year in March fascinate me. Bursting with flowering bulbs, dainty primroses, running brooks, and colorful native shrubs, they spur me on in
Landscape
When Oak Leaves Are the Size of a Mouse’s Ear
A chapter excerpt from a forthcoming new book by Jean Hersey, “Two Hundred WildFlowers to Know, to Crow, to Protect” (to be published by D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.) Spring
Cultivate For Better Plants
The major reason for cultivating soil is to kill weed seedlings around desirable plants. It also enables us to mix compost, manures, and fertilizers into the soil. It breaks soil
Lupin
Since George Russell’s work in Yorkshire with Lupinus polyphyllus, which he crossed with other lupins, created the magnificent new strain that now bears his name, and the lupin ranks with
My Terrace Paradise
When I built my terrace, I decided it would be a place for outdoor living and outdoor relaxing. To make it harmonious, both within itself and with its surroundings, its
Can You Imagine A Garden Without Rhododendrons?
For gardening purposes, azaleas are classed apart from rhododendrons. Horticulturally, azaleas are a series of rhododendrons characterized by the fall leaf dropping of many of its members and fewer stamens
Linnaean Anniversary
Every year the 23rd of May marks the anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, who had a greater impact on botany than almost any other man. Born in southern
The Tree Peony and the Parasol
Its lucky tree peonies seldom try to bloom the first year after planting. Most authorities agree they need a season’s vegetative growth, a period of putting down roots and building
What Are McKana Columbines?
Every gardener today is looking for perennials that are easy to grow, bloom over a long period, and are, at the same time, practically pest free. The McKenna giant hybrid
What Is A Fragrance Garden for the Blind
A fragrance garden for the Blind, which will be the largest of its kind in the world when completed, is being planned by the Women’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural