American gardeners fell in love with annuals after 1850 during our own Victorian period. The use of perennials in the garden fell off until later in the century when they became stylish with the encouragement of English garden authorties William…
Every gardener feels the need to buy the latest variety of plant. That feeling is built into the gardener's profile. Philadelphia seedsman Thomas Meehan wrote in the 1868 issue of his magazine Gardener's Monthly: "No matter how small the flower-garden…
This is the time of the year the purple flowers of the wisteria vine put on their show. America's most famous wisteria has to be the one that climbs thirty feet up the side of President John Adams' house, part of…
Once it was permitted to travel to England following the Revolution, Thomas Jefferson sailed across the sea to survey the English landscape for ideas for his property in Monticello. He used as his guide for what gardens to visit the…
Advertising begins with knowing what values might the company connect to the product so that a customer can identify more easily with the message in the ad. A customer does not want a product or service unless it enables him/her…