Media drives garden industry - We gardeners like to think we are original in planning and installing a garden space. In an environment of newspapers, magazines, books, and, of course, social media that is not possible because we are surrounded…
Can amaryllis bloom again? It’s holiday time and for many that means amaryllis as a gift plant. Many gardeners as well as non-gardeners love to grow amaryllis. I counted myself in the former group. That is, until I thought it…
19th Century advertising featured people as vegetables - Tower Hill, near Worcester, Massachusetts, ranks high on my list of favorite public gardens. On a recent visit I saw their newest exhibit. The exhibit featured several trade cards from the nineteenth…
Victorian annuals still popular - I have visited the downtown Georgian Mansion called the Moffatt-Ladd House in Portsmouth, NH many times. What I like about it is that the garden skeleton basically dates back to the Victorian period. Today the gardeners,…
Time to plant tulips - It is October 1 and a gardener's thoughts turn to spring bulbs like tulips. For generations gardeners dug up tulip bulbs only to replant them in the Fall. Rochester, New York seedsman James Vick (1818-1882)…