The Delicious Perfume Of Flowering Crab Apples
Have you ever come suddenly to miles of crab apples in full bloom? If this unique experience has been hours, I can avoid trying to tell you what a thrilling
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Sex In Yew
Each fall, along about the first of October, several letters come to me requesting an answer to the question, “Why do my yews never have red fruit like those of
This Problem Of Drainage For Plants
Drainage is important whether we plan a small vegetable garden or a large orchard, a new lawn or flower border, or simply potting a plant. For aquatics and swamp-loving plants,
How To Plant A Rose It Is Spring?
The spring gardening season calls for the planting of rose bushes. You may want to replace old bushes or add to the plants already in your garden. You may be
How Old Can Gardens Last?
I have been looking with considerable interest at an English gardening magazine with pictures and an article about an English garden that has been maintained continuously for several hundred years.
Transplanting Our Native Trees: Patience Rewarded
Three years ago, in the spring, as a hobby, I started planting native Ohio trees from the fields and woods in a garden space of about an acre. By trial
How Far North Will A Crape Myrtle Grow?
Seventy years ago, the crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia) was practically unknown north of the Southern states, and a narrow strip of land in the southern part of those states bordered the
The Honesty Plant Offers Everlasting Seedpods
Lunaria annua, an honesty plant, is a popular everlasting plant with many aliases—St. Peter’s penny, money plant, moonwort, and satin flower. Native to Europe and Western Asia, it belongs to
Is The Dogwood Queen Of Flowering Trees?
Few garden plants are as truly American or as deeply loved and appreciated as flowering dogwood. Dogwood blooms wild in the woods in early spring from Massachusetts to Florida, then
Evergreen Trees to Know and Grow
The evergreen trees described on “The Beginning Gardener” page were the kinds most often used as Christmas trees. There are others equally useful and beautiful—yew (Taxus), cypress (Cupressus), arborvitae (Thuja),