Aug 25, 2018 | Love This!
Imagine: “The basil has turned yellow again,” he said. “I know,” she answered, “I asked about it at the garden center and they told me it’s a disease called Basil Downy Mildew.” “Bummer,” he said. “What can we do?” “This year, nothing…except make what’s still good...
Aug 18, 2018 | Love This!
Name: Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ aka phlox Jeana Type of Plant: A perennial that grows about four feet tall and has pink flowers from mid-August into September. Why I Love/Hate this plant: This phlox has several aspects to love…first of all, it flowers later in the...
Aug 11, 2018 | Love This!
Name: Nicotiana hybrids and species. AKA flowering tobacco. Type of Plant: An annual plant that self-seeds when it’s happy. Tubular flowers attract hummingbirds and some moths. This is an annual plant for full sun. Why I Love/Hate this plant: I love this plant because...
Jul 28, 2018 | Love This!
Imagine: Sometimes we can get into a rut when it comes to shade plants. Hosta and ferns, hosta and ferns. Yet there are many plants that we overlook because they aren’t used as frequently. Enter the bottlebrush buckeye… Name: Aesculus parviflora aka blottlebrush...
Jul 14, 2018 | Love This!
Imagine: I walked into Soares Flower Garden Nursery a couple of years ago, and stopped in my tracks. There they were, six packs of bells of Ireland plants, clearly started by my friend Marcia Chapman and the staff at Soares. It’s not an annual that’s available at most...
Jul 10, 2018 | Garden Travel
If so, thank you. In the day and age when people feel increasingly out of touch with the natural world, you do important work. In these times when people truly need to be fed, healed, and cheered by plants, you are doing important work. And in the age where a great...
