Plants with variegated foliage offer unusual possibilities in a garden. They may be used to create dramatic effects and are particularly valuable in shade or where flowers are scarce. However,
The species of Ononis (rest-harrows of gardens), which are hardy in northern Michigan are mostly desirable plants, not alone because of their ease of culture, but for their summer-flowering habit
One by one, our children have lost the simple, inexpensive pleasures of years gone by. Going nutting was one of these pleasures. Nothing gave the youth of an earlier day
In the hierarchy of vines, large-flowered hybrid clematis rank close to the top. Their startling flowers, some measuring 10” inches across, in red, pink, blue, purple, or white, bring rave
In many of our gardens, some situations prevent the successful growth of the rank and file of popular garden plants. Most of us are familiar with such trouble areas as
The time to see Gordonia trees at the peak of their effectiveness is late August and September. During this season, it’s rather loose but upright figure is casually starred with
You don’t have to look far at this time of the year to find the makings for a lot of compost. Some leaves are already beginning to fall and there
Even as we are still enjoying the harvests from our gardens, the start of another busy planting year is already upon us. One need only leaf through the pages of
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens syn. Libocedrus decurrens) is one of the few trees native to the West Coast that will cheerfully take all of the many zones. climates and exposures
Homeowners frequently need a small shade tree for their home grounds—a tree that is dense and bushy gives plenty of shade, yet requires little care. The Amur maple (Acer ginnala)