Book Review: Foodscaping
Karen As more people want the freshest produce possible, interest in growing food in the home garden is on the rise. Some people have gone so far as to turn their…
Best Climbing Miniature Roses
Picking the “best” roses is an objective process and in this case, the ratings of the American Roses Society have been used. Every year the American Rose Society enlists the…
Plant Profile: Hollyhock Mallow (Malva alcea)
Hollyhock mallow is an herbaceous perennial native to Europe and southwestern Asia. It is a member of the mallow family (Malvacae) that also includes hibiscus, hibiscus, cotton and okra. Stout…
Rabbit Resistant Plants for the Garden: Annuals
Rabbits can devastate a garden as they eat their way through the summer. No mater how much you like to see the fury darlings hopping across the grass and darting…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Rosarium Uetersen’
Named for the famous rose garden, Uetersen, near Korde’s nursery in Holstein, this shrub type climber produces large clusters of dark pink flowers that have an old-fashioned form, an abundance…
Book Review: Fanny in France
Alice Waters, owner of the famous restaurant Chez Panisse and early advocate of organically grown,, fresh, local produce, shares the stories of the culinary adventures her daughter, Fanny, in France.…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)
This herbaceous perennial is a sterile hybrid from N. racemosa and N. nepetella and although variable in habit is usually upright and billowy. The narrowly ovate leaves are 1.5 inches…
Plant Profile: Borago laxiflora (aka B. pygmaea)
This herbaceous perennial is native to Corsica and Sardinnia where it grows shady, rocky places and is particularly abundant after forest fires. It is a member of the borage family,…
Botanical Latin: Bidens
Bidens (BI’ dens) from Latin bis meaning two and Latin dens meaning tooth. Two teeth refers to the two sharp structures (pappi) on the fruit. The fruit is usually mistaken…
Plant Profile: Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Pin oak, also known as swamp Spanish oak, is a deciduous tree native of Eastern and Central US where it grows in areas with moist acid soils such as floodplains,…