Planting fancy-leaved caladiums is an inexpensive and straightforward way of having abundant color in your summer garden. No foliage plants outrank them in brilliance or ease of cultivation, and many
When you see the Carolina silver bell ( Halesia carolina) this spring, look upward through the loose branches at the little white bell-shaped flowers peeping from among the pale green
“The purple petals, fallen in the pool,Make the black water, with their beauty gay,Here might the red-bird come, his plumes to cool,And court the flower that cheapens his array,Rhodora, if
Like franklinia and shortia, Carpenteria californica is one of the so-called “lost” plants—discovered, then unsuccessfully searched for, and at last rediscovered. In California it has been in cultivation for thirty-five
If the tree expert is the doctor, you are the nurse. This is your busy season because your shade trees need the most help between now and mid-July. This is
From a postage-stamp-sized city backyard to the rolling hills of a magnificent country estate, there is hardly a garden or landscape where vines can’t be used to give the scene
A well-designed front-yard planting should provide a setting for a house but should not compete with it for attention. Flowers and colorful trees and shrubs can easily dominate a landscape
Are you taking advantage of the many interesting, dramatic effects you can achieve in your garden by using annual vines? If not, you overlook one of the easiest and least
He’s just like a doctor, says George M. Codding. “That’s the best way I can describe what a tree expert is.” “His job, is mainly preventive medicine—to keep your trees
The Crab Apple is one of the best small ornamental trees for planting on the home grounds. It is suggested here as only one example of crab apples grown throughout