What Is The Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus Parviflora)?
Whoever named the bottlebrush buckeye hit the nail squarely on the head, for the plant’s showy flower clusters look like the tapering brushes used for washing bottles. Aesculus parviflora has
Landscape
Sandy Soil? Line it!
Sandy soil certainly has its advantages. You can start spring planting earlier than most people, for the soil becomes workable much sooner. And even during a wet spring, the water
Broadleaf Evergreens For Where You Live
There are only broadleaf evergreens that I would want to recommend with qualifications for the North. The varieties listed have been grown successfully by a small number of gardeners with
Why Are My Leaves Not Dark Green?
Someone recently lamented: “I’m tired of ‘tired blood,’” referring, of course, to the well-known commercial directed at anemic humans. I’ll go one step further: “I’m tired of plants suffering from
Don’t Let These Perennials Go
Economic laws apply in the plant world. Unless you demand unusual varieties, growers will not supply them. So why let these charmers disappear? Profitless Plants To Growers Unless gardeners ask
A Tree For Today’s Small Spaces
With building lots growing smaller and houses shrinking closer to ground level every day, it’s time the Japanese lilac tree (Syringa amurensis japonica) came into its own. This little-known member
Plant Ideas for Containers
Four excellent possibilities are presented here when planting in containers: succulents, carissa, and holly leaf osmanthus, and for an oddity, the scouring rush or equisetum. Pertinent Suggestions For Potted Plants
An Adventure in Pot Gardening
The roof garden at the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, designed and constructed in 1940 by the Garden Club of Cleveland in conjunction with the City’s sesquicentennial celebration, has become
Home in the Landscape
Never in the history of gardening have so many kinds of flowering plants been as easy to obtain as they are today. The assortment is so rich and varied that
The Lovely Eastern RedBud – Cercis Canadensis
Among the small secondary trees, few, if any, bloom in as great profusion as the redbud. The best-known species is Cercis canadensis, native from southwestern Ontario to New York, New