The Poinsettia remains a favorite plant for the holidays. Plants, like people, sometimes make a long journey from home to another area of the world. That includes the Poinsettia, a sun-loving tropical plant from Mexico. The story begins with an…
Recently with the help of Zoom I attended a wonderful lecture on Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) by landscape architect Lauren Martin. It got me thinking of Olmsted's genius. He is, as we all know, the country's most signficiant landscape designer…
No middle ground when it comes to the popular plant known as canna. You either like it or you don't. It remains, nonetheless, a popular flower for the summer garden bed. Writer and botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey wrote about the…
Yesterday I took a ride to the New England Botanic Garden, near Worchester, Massachusetts. I traveled to meet up with the New England Hosta Society at its annual meeting. I have been a member for many years. I enjoy all…
I continue to read the great book English Garden Eccentrics. The main idea is that certain gardeners over the centuries have chosen an usual form of gardening. You might called these people 'eccentrics.' That is prcisely what the author Todd…