Paeonia mlokosewitschii
Otherwise known as Molly-the-Witch, this delightful seed pod is just another reason to grow this plant. Unfortunately, this isn’t in my own garden but it is on my “lust list”. For the record, the blue seeds are fertile and the red are not but the contrast between them is wonderful.
Plant Review: Euphorbia ‘Jessie’
I’ve just planted a Euphorbia ‘Jessie’ that I got from Barry Glick at Sunshine Farms and Nursery. ‘Jessie’ is a cross between the tender E. griffithii – a really tall species and E. polychroma (epithymoides) only about 18″ tall but very hardy and self-sows with abandon to earn a spot on my thug-list. Barry assures [...]
Garden Writer Conference Awards
This post has taken the better part of a week to write as I struggle to find “up” amidst a whopping head cold I picked up at the conference. The annual conference where we put 600 garden writers together into one hotel, and see what emerges, is always a good time. Newcomers invariably tell us [...]
How to Build a Compost Bin
Here’s how to build a compost bin using a few free skids from behind a big-box building store, some coat hangers from the closet and 10 minutes of time. Pretty easy and pretty effective compost making. One thing that folks sometimes don’t consider is which direction the bin is going to be viewed from. You’ll [...]
A history of the White House Gardens
We’re indebted to Roger Doiron and his Eat the View organization for this history of the White House Garden. Great video Roger! What do you U.S. folks think about this? Here’sRoger’s website.
Garden Television
photo credit: jb_brooke There’s a discussion winding down at Garden Rant about television programming at HGTV and like a lot of things, I’m curious about how folks see gardening television. I’ve done several kinds of garden tv (guest shots, studio work, my own cable show ) and that medium is an interesting one. But I [...]
Plastic Recycling
Kudo’s to Landscape Ontario for their work on the beginning steps to put a Canadian national plastic recycling plan into place. The hort industry generates a whole bunch of plastic. From the pots and baskets you take home to acres and acres of plastic that cover the greenhouses to trays and plastic propagation units that [...]
