Golden Leaves to Lighten Dark Places The mythic King Midas had the ability to turn everything he touched to gold. He came to regret that unique ability, but shade gardeners can understand the value…
KOREAN SPICE VIBURNUM A Star in Spring In spring sweet fragrance is everywhere—wafting softly from daffodils and issuing assertively from hyacinths. The great spring fragrance drama peaks with lilacs, but even…
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HELLEBORES What did gardeners ever do without hellebores, those beacons of the late winter and early spring garden that are happy in light shade, mostly impervious to deer, and offer lovely, long-lasting flowers? Fortunately, none of us have to…
Totally On-Trend If you wanted to create the most on-trend garden for the new gardening season, what would it look like? Leafing through shelter magazines, garden catalogs, websites, and other communications outlets, it would…
When you look at trees during the growing season, you see leaves and sometimes flowers or fruit. Winter offers a different perspective. With the leaves absent, many deciduous trees offer a lovely extra—interesting bark that provides a…
In cold weather climates, winter can be long, dark and depressing—especially after the holidays. Gardeners can find temporary cheer in houseplants and garden catalogs, but the joy that comes from a landscape full of color and life…
CAMELLIAS FOR FALL I live in a cold winter area, so most of the camellias that I have seen and coveted have been lodged in the comfortable confines of the giant glass conservatories of…
Mums Everywhere From late August through at least the end of October just about every merchandiser that sells plants features a full range of chrysanthemums in an array of colors. These beautiful fall…
Gardeners sometimes curse the shade. At first glance, every desirable plant in the garden center seems to require at least six hours of direct sunlight per day. But shade can also be a blessing. It not only keeps you cool as you pull weeds and spread mulch, but can…
March is here and the official start of spring is right around the corner. Depending on where you live, you are either starting the annual spring garden clean-up, or staring moodily at a landscape still covered with snow. No matter what your situation, get the creative juices flowing with…
“A rose is a rose is a rose,’ Gertrude Stein famously wrote. But sometimes a rose is not, in fact, a rose. The perennial “Christmas rose” (Helleborus niger) is more closely related to buttercups than true roses, but the elegant, rose-like configuration of the flowers probably made an earlier…
Depending on where you live, December is probably a slow time in the garden. The stalks and other debris left over from the gardening season just past may still haunt the landscape like horticultural ghosts. The sustainable gardener living inside your…
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