23 May Rhubarb Cookies and Cocktails
If you're growing rhubarb, you've got the main ingredient for a pie or crisp. But don't stop with these traditional uses of the rhubarb stems. Rhubarb makes wonderful cookies and...
22 May Are Books The New Virtual Hug?
If there's one good thing about the COVID-19 pandemic, it's that we're reminded to tell people that we care about them. People are gathering for cocktails via Zoom and checking...
22 May I Love Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’
Name: Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’ Type of Plant: A gently spreading perennial cranesbill geranium, hardy in Zones 5 to 8, and thriving in full sun to part shade. Why I Love/Hate this...
15 May I Love Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ aka the blue atlas cedar
Name: Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca' aka blue atlas cedar Type of Plant: A slow growing evergreen tree with an open habit and blue needles. Although this tree has a pyramidal shape when...
08 May I Love the Olga Mezitt Rhododendron
Name: Rhododendron ‘Olga Mezitt’ Type of Plant: Mounding but open-habit, evergreen shrub that’s hardy in Zones 4 to 8. Why I Love/Hate this plant: We know and love the first Rhododendron to...
02 May I Love Mayapple, aka Podophulum peltatum
Name: Mayapple aka Podophyllum peltatum Type of Plant: Native wild flower that appears in spring but goes dormant in the summer. Hardy from zones 3 to 8 and grows best in...