May 27, 2022
Sweet Dianthus
The common name "pinks” does not refer to the color but to the fringed edging of the petals that makes them look as if they had been cut with pinking shears.
May 26, 2022
Ticks
When working outdoors we should tuck our pant legs into our socks, wear long sleeves, and use tick repellent often and liberally.
May 19, 2022
No Red Needed
Research shows that despite the commonly held idea that hummingbirds love red, that is not the case.
May 12, 2022
Plant Them Now
Spring is a time to plant perennial chrysanthemums. They'll mature during the summer and produce breathtaking fall color in your garden.
May 6, 2022
Larkspur
I would not be without my annual larkspur, which I have enjoyed year after year and some often self-seed and return, but in order to be sure, I always buy some seeds. I don't want to risk a year without it!
May 5, 2022
Growing Roses
While roses take care, trial and error over time will help a gardener learn which varieties thrive best in their climate.
April 29, 2022
Magnolia x soulangiana
There is a large number of more modern hybrid cultivars now available, and some produce flowers in other shades such as white, rose, magenta, burgundy, and purple.
April 28, 2022
No Dividing Dicentra
If you want to minimize work in the garden, you can try to plant perennials that do not like to be disturbed and so never need to be divided.
April 21, 2022
Sequencing Iris Blooms
I read of a grower in lower New York who has iris in bloom continuously from February until the end of July.
April 14, 2022
Hepatica acutiloba
A walk in the woods in early April, when the air is cool and crisp, allows us the delight of discovering sweet little flowers such as the sharp-lobed Hepatica.
April 7, 2022
Seductive Descriptions
“I have grown wise, after many years of gardening, and no longer order recklessly from wildly alluring descriptions, which make every annual sound easy to grow and as brilliant as a film star.” -Vita Sackville-West
March 31, 2022
Jeffersonia Diphylla
Twinleaf's botanical name celebrates a U.S. president who loved gardens, Thomas Jefferson.
March 24, 2022
Winning in Winter
As winter winds down, witch hazel is the shrub to watch.
March 17, 2022
Long-Lived Lilacs
Many of our best lilacs resulted from the work of Isabella Preston, who spent her career hybridizing plants.
March 10, 2022
Sheila Macqueen
I have been reading a book on flower arranging by Sheila Macqueen published in 1972 in England.
March 3, 2022
Women's Words
I have been reading a book about women gardeners in times past and find that they have wonderful wisdom to share.
February 24, 2022
Versatile Crocuses
Crocus sativus' stamens are the source of saffron. Henry I of England was so fond of saffron as a spice in food that he forebade ladies in his court from using it as a hair lightener.
