Just received a catalog from one of my favorite perennial growers Bluestone. A perennial that I planted many years ago is the delphinium, a flower that has been part of the flower garden for a long time. It's color is…
Garden historian Judith Tankard just wrote a book review of my new book about James Vick called All about Flowers. It appeared in the international quarterly garden journal Hortus. I am including the review here as this week's blog post.…
Ricinus communis, or castor bean, is a plant that has been part of the garden for centuries. There is some danger in the plant because of its fruit with a certain poisonous feature to it. Ricinus communis. [Courtesy of Plant…
Here is the Kew Palm House. A beautiful site that speaks to the Victorian fascination with palms and ferns. I just finished reading a wonderful chapter on nineteenth century horticulture in an old book called One Hundred Years of American…
The image above of the University of Virginia illustrates the English lawn that began to be essential for the landscape in the early 1700s. Ever since we here in the US have also treasured the lawn. That is, until last…