A Garden Flowing From Inside To Outside

Gardening Inside

Opaque walls have given way to transparency in most of today’s houses. Outdoors, banks, if any, have given way to walls of brick or stone or ledges, broken by flights

What Are Azaleas For Connoisseurs?

Connoisseurs Azaleas

A full four months of azalea bloom may sound like a gardener’s tall tale. But it becomes a fact when there is a discriminating choice of native azalea species to

How To Grow Winning Roses

grow winning roses

How do you grow roses good enough to win the Nicholson Bowl?” This question is frequently put to Edward Sima of Seattle, Washington, who won the most coveted prize of

Growing The Delightful Sweet Boronia

notes on boronia

Sweet Boronia (Boronia megastigma) is one of the most elusive plants I have ever grown. It took more than ten years to find seeds and the correct culture. But now

Try These Shrubs with Late Season Appeal

Late Season Appeal

The high color and interest of natural roadside plantings which is well worth driving for miles to enjoy, may be repeated in one’s garden for permanent pleasure by giving proper

How To Invite Swallows Not Sparrows

Sparrow Birds

Would you like to have tree swallows in your garden? These friendly birds often visit in spring, but few bird lovers have succeeded in getting them to nest. Unfortunately, sparrows

What To Do With No Cherries?

Cherry Tree

You can be sure of a fruit crop even if you have only one tree. A few years ago, one of my friends asked me to bring some of my

Kobus Magnolia The Early Blooming Magnolia

Kobus Magnolia

Magnolias are among the most beautiful trees, and the early flowering kinds are near the top of the list for spring display.  And one of the hardiest early magnolias, Magnolia