We have the need to bring order to everything. We are sense-making creatures. When we confront the plant world, things are no different. That is why for centuries certain people have struggled with their desire to find an order among…
Last week I saw a play called Hurricane Diane at the Calderwood Theater in Boston. This is a play that asks all of us to reconsider our view of nature. It makes you think about how we may be slowly…
Since we have downsized, my garden now sits on our balcony in the form of a few pots of different sizes. Annuals are now my choice of plant . We get a lot of shade and therefore I needed a…
[Above] Tulips in all their glory appeared in James Vick's October 1879 issue of his magazine Vick's Illustrated Monthly. ________________________________________________________________________ It seems hard to think of plants as a commodity. But that is what they have been for centuries. During…
Wherever I look I see pictures or at least a mention of allium. I guess because Fall will be here soon and that's the time you plant allium. Last week English writer and horticulturist Graham Rice mentioned on Twitter the…