Every gardener is an idealist and dreamer; perhaps never more so than during the long winter and early spring months when she has ample time and opportunity to study her seed catalogs. She dilige...
Beaumontia Grandiflora Cultivation
BEAUMONTIA GRANDIFLORA (Beaumon’tia)
A beautiful climbing plant from India, belonging to the Periwinkle family, Apocynaceae. It forms a woody stem, clothed with leathery green le...
Why don’t my plants flower?
Why don’t my plants flower? Probably this plaintive question is raised oftener than any other that has to do with gardening. As likely as not, too, the complaining gardener will go on to s...
Growing Guide for Caladium Plant
Tropical plants which are grown for the sake of their large, ornamental leaves; they are natives of South America and belong to the Arum family, Araceae. The leaves, which develop annually from ...
Growing Guide for Anchusa Plant
The name originates from the Greek anchousa, a cosmetic paint (Boraginaceae). Alkanet, bugloss. Cultivated species are usually perennials or biennials, noteworthy for their blue flowers. The pla...
Gardening Guidance for Delphiniums
Hardy perennial and annual plants of varying heights which bloom in June and July chiefly; the original species or wild types from which the modern beautiful varieties are descended are natives ...
Erigeron – Perennial Plant, How to grow
From the Greek eri, early or ear, spring, geron, old, possibly referring to the hoary leaves of some species (Cornpositae). Fleabane. Hardy herbaceous, daisy-flowered perennials some of which co...
Erodium – Perennial Plant, How to grow
How to grow Erodium
From the Greek erodios, a heron; the style and ovaries resemble the head and beak of a heron (Geraniaceae). Heron’s bill. Hardy perennials, closely related to the ha...
Native Shrubs in Your Landscape
TRY NATIVE SHRUBS IN YOUR LANDSCAPE
Shrubs serve many functions in our landscapes. They provide color in the form of flowers and fruits. They act as “walls” between the ...
Growing Guide for Geranium Plant
How to grow Geranium
From the Greek geranos, a crane, because the seed pod resembles a crane’s head and beak (Geraniaceae). Crane’s-bill. A genus of hardy herbaceous summer-flower...