That has been the title of a talk about garden myths that I’ve been presenting since 2004. When St. Lynn’s Press expressed a desire to have me do a...

May Garden Days Commemorate the Gifts from the Garden Every Day in May MAY 1st is Garden Bouquet Day The garden offers an ongoing source of bouquets...

When I'm asked to name my favorite plant, my standard response is "whatever I looked at ten minutes ago." I am and out-of-control plant person,...

Blue flowering Baptisia makes a good companion for peonies, poppies, and other early summer bloomers. The Fusion Exotic Impations share the back...

Recently, I was helping a customer who wanted to purchase a shrub. "Choose a good one for me," she requested. "Well," I said as I pulled some plants...

In my early years of gardening I didn't know the difference between pH and PMS; I had no idea if my soil was alkaline or acidic. Fortunately most...

Last week a distressed gardener entered the nursery carrying a clear plastic bag, held at arm's length. In the bag were some stems. "WHAT is on my...

As I help my customers in the perennial section of the garden center, people often have questions about size and rate of growth. "I planted this...

Initially, my neighbors thought I was crazy. They would drive slowly by, watching me work. I was laying a thick layer of newspapers on top of the...

I am putting my garden to bed. Although I know many gardeners who wait until spring to clear out spent annuals and perennials, I prefer to do this...

I know you've heard the saying "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Well, when it comes to your houseplants, preventing problems is so...

One of the easiest ways to fill the winter season with fragrance is to grow Paperwhite Narcissus. This bulb, Narcissus tazetta, is a tender plant,...

"I need some evergreens!" an almost panicked woman recently said to me. "They're building on the lot next door, and they've cut down all the trees!"...

Every year when I buy a holiday poinsettia I make the same vow: this year, I'm letting it die. This may seem like an odd pledge for a gardener to...

Last spring a neighbor approached me saying, "You might want to know that your basement lights are being left on at night." He was trying to be...

When my son was small, a sure-fire way to keep him busy was to put him in the herb garden with a bucket of water. He would pick the pungent herbs...