Lupines On The West Coast
West Coast gardeners cannot hobnob together for long without the question “How do you grow lupines?” cropping up. Many want to know where they can get plants and seeds, yet
Landscape
A Collector’s Notes On Ivies New And Old
Nothing is more restful yet cheerful year-round than green foliage. My choice of the best foliage plant is the ivy. Collecting ivies over the years and through purchases has been
Drooping Leucothoe
Autumn coloration is not usual in broad-leaved evergreens, but drooping leucothoe, Leucothoe catesbaei, has been liberally endowed with this quality. The change in the season and the attention now focused
Plants And Birds
By November, most truly migratory birds have departed. However, many birds undertake a partial migration. They travel, often in huge flocks, from breeding or roosting grounds on a mountain range
Taming The Landscape With Herbicides
After chemical methods have controlled plant growth, the matter of maintenance is of prime importance. The margins demand the most attention, for along the borders of a converted field, there
Birds Brighten The Winter Garden
And so they come, the long winter months when the garden lies still and withdrawn beneath Nature’s decree of dormancy, and the eye sees only the shadows of shrub and
The Coleus Comes Back
Great-grandmother grew ribbon beds of coleus, carefully pinched to keep them from becoming uneven or straggly and never allowed to bloom. Grandmother filled hanging baskets on the porch with Trailing
If You Like It… Have Fun Espaliering
Topiary art is a form of structural gardening that once had great prominence in the old country. This called for the trimming and training of amenable plants in certain forms
Plants And Paints
Gardening and fine art may seem, at first glance, rather unrelated. But gardeners know it takes considerable art to create an effective garden picture, and artists find that plants and
Plant Roses In Fall The Debate?
For about 25 years, our local men’s rose club members have debated whether it is desirable to set out new rose bushes in the fall. We are no nearer to