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Through the garden gate: Oh! Those odd names
You all know that I’m slightly obsessed with daylilies. They’re the perfect plant for hot summer days when ...
You all know that I’m slightly obsessed with daylilies. They’re the perfect plant for hot summer days when ...
Farmville is blessed with many talented gardeners. Explore the various neighborhoods, and you’ll find English kitchen gardens with ...
Now that warm weather is definitely here to stay, it’s time to prepare new container plantings for the ...
I’m fascinated by plants that bloom at a specific time every day. That old garden favorite, the four ...
Many gardeners say that they can tell the temperature outside simply by looking out the window at the ...
Have you ever tried to define a weed? I often hear that it’s just a plant that appears ...
The days are short; so short that it’s dark long before I usually stop working in the garden. ...
Gardeners are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and I suspect that daylily growers are the ...
Earlier this summer, my husband commented that he really liked the funny looking yellow flowers in a pot ...
It’s hot and humid, so I haven’t spent much time in the garden. I’ve gone outside every morning ...
You’ve seen them growing along the side of back roads, near abandoned homesteads and even along the edge ...
Hello, fellow gardeners. It’s me, Anca. Some of you already know me. I’m my mom’s new gardening assistant. ...
Whenever I visit friends in England, I’m seriously envious of their garden, but especially the wisteria (wisteria sinensis) ...
I’ve always loved growing and eating potatoes. There’s nothing better than planting seed potatoes, watching them grow and ...
Every spring, I look forward to participating in several workshops on gardening. If I get one or two ...
Have you met Loropetalum chinense, better known as the Chinese fringe flower? I first learned about it last ...
Pollinators and plants have been having a love affair for more than 100 million years. Throughout that period, ...
I’ve looked into my crystal ball in search of clues about what 2021 will portend for gardeners, and ...
Various types of plants are popular as gifts during the holiday season – poinsettias, cyclamen, orchids, and Christmas ...
Late last winter, I accepted a challenge to infuse more native plants into my existing garden while also ...
Fall means yellow flowers — goldenrods by the dozen, sunflowers, sneezeweed, and many, many more — but not ...
Hello, fellow gardeners. My name is Anca vom Dreifke Wood. I’m my mom’s new garden helper. I can’t ...
Every summer when I was a kid, my mother and grandmother would become obsessed with the need to ...
July was brutally hot and dry. We had day after day of temperatures over 90 degrees with high ...
Gardens never really stay the same. Years ago, my grandmother, and many of her contemporaries in rural Virginia, ...
Sometimes a gardener just needs a change of pace, something like a wild child plant that looks as ...
As most of you who have seen my garden know, it’s all about spring and early summer. There ...