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Easter Moments
A mature clump of Crocus tommasinianus blooms near the studio entrance. When Easter comes in March, there is little in bloom out in the garden. Crocus, snowdrops and maybe some witch hazel is often all...
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Planning a Cut Flower Garden
A garden dedicated to just cut flowers, is a luxury any of us can have. All it takes issome space, some planning and a little restraint and some knowledge about what is growable, and what isn't....
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A Colder than Normal Spring
Clean-up tasks abound in my garden. Like many of you, this weekend marked the first weekend of garden clean-up. Just in case you haven't noticed, spring is late this year. I traveled this week to...
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Spring in and out of the Pit House
In the hundred year old pit house at Logee's Greenhouses in CT, a pink rabbit-eared lavender, or Lavendera stoechas from Spain blooms in the cold, fresh air that makes a pit house so hospitable for...
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Recycling Succulents
Many species and selections of succulents are available from most any nursery. Don't worry aboutthe Latin names, just buy ones that you like. Later, if you become more interested, you can buy...
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Giant Corpse Flower Blooms
A sci painting entitled 'Amorphophallus titanum' by artist and illustrator 'Janasci on Deviant Art A post on the Pacific Bulb Group today announced ( and shared a link from USA Today) about the...
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Primordia Rules - except at the garden center.
Our state flower of Massachusetts - the Mayflower, Epigaea repens , is in bloom late this year, as it usually blooms in our woodland in March, and not mid-April, but our snow cover just melted last...
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Peace.
Saddened by the horrific events in Boston today, our thoughts go out to out the victims of this tragedy, their families and friends. ***
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How to grow tomatoes from seed.
It's the perfect time to sow tomato seedlings. It's ok if you accidentally sowed them too thickly likethis, tomatoes transplant well at most any stage.If you're anything like me, you have taken great...
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Planting a Strawberry Pot
Vietnamese potters are casting large strawberry pots which are finding their way to nurseries and garden centers. This one, which is four feet high, is very heavy, but the large size helps it make a...
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Garden Delights from the Planet Earth
Native trees and shrubs are emerging now that spring is here, but this is not a native, but a bud on a plant from the southern hemisphere - a Kiwi vine, Actinidia kolomikta. Dare I say that I am old...
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Upcoming Rare Plant Sales
If you live in New England or New York, these four plant sales offer plants found no-where else! Plan to visit a few over these next four weekends. By this point, your local nurseries and garden...
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Dividing Perennials Through Simple Division
This clump of Helenium is at the perfect stage of growth for proper division, a task which must be carefully timed if you intend to avoid any disturbance in growth. There was a time when the bi-annual...
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Behind the scenes - the awful truth
Most of our 2.5 acres is an old garden, planted by my parents in the 1920's -1960's. Today, 70 years later, the garden hasbecome more of a restoration project, and a maintenance project than a design...
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In Search of the Heirloom Pansy
Heirloom Pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) are selections that predate 1900. These old fasionedChalon varieties have ruffles petals, so favored by the victorians. These are young, and willform more...
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Spring Garden Party Flowers
Red an golden garden flowers paired well with black hellebores, salmon gasteria and vermillion nasturtiums from the greenhouse, just one of the arrangements we made today for our annual cocktail party...
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Two Spring Plant Society Shows
It's a magnificent spring here in New England, with daytime temps above freezing, and night temperatures near freezing, which has allowed native trees and plants, as well as spring bulbs and garden...
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The Birds of Paradise Project
Last night, after four days of plant society meetings and work at home, I treated Joe and myself to an amazing lecture and presentation in Watertown, MA, just outside of Boston, The Birds-of-Paradise...
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Planting Celery and Artichokes
Home grown celery is not easy, but with some weekly care ( mostly fertilizer and water), healthy, thick and crispy celery can be had all summer long in the home garden. Celery becomes bitter if allowed...
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Ghost Trees and Rarities
The Ghost Tree, or Fabled Dove Tree, Davidia involucrata surprised me this spring, by finally blooming after 15 years. Perhaps in no other time than that brief moment in May, do I feel as if I live and...
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