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Hire A Great Garden Speaker…or Writer. Or Content Creator

by C. L. Fornari | August 7, 2024 | Lifestuff | 0 Comments

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I Love Basil Bonsai aka Mini Ocimum basilicum

by C. L. Fornari | August 2, 2024 | Love This! | 0 Comments

Name: Basil Bonsai aka Ocimum basilicum one of the Kitchen Minis™ plants from PanAmerican Seed/Ball Horticulture Type of Plant: This is a fine-leaf Greek basil that is perfect for containers or gardens. These plants grow 8 to 12” tall and wide. They would...

I Love Blackberry Lily, aka Iris domestica

by C. L. Fornari | July 26, 2024 | Love This! | 0 Comments

Name: Blackberry Lily, aka Iris domestica Type of Plant: We call it a lily but it’s actually an Iris, native of Asia. Why I Love this Plant: I love how the small orange flowers grow in sprays, and how they attract butterflies. I love the seedpods in the garden, and...

A Look at Weeds

Jan 16, 2026 | Postcards From Plants

This week on The Garden Lady it's my great pleasure to have as my guest, Peter Del Tredici, horticulturalist, botanist, and author of my favorite weed identification book, Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field...

I Love Verbascum Chaixii

Feb 5, 2016 | Love This!

Name: Verbascum chaixii aka nettle-leaved mullein Type of Plant: A biennial that sometimes only lasts a year and other times might live three...