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sunshine

You don’t know how much sunshine means to roses, they make do without anything else if they have eight hours...

rosemary

When you start looking into its qualities, rosemary can be quite intimidating, it seems to be good for everything: it...

snapdragons

If you ever create a garden for children don’t forget the snapdragons. The little ones love to pinch the “dragon...

perennial groundcovers

I can’t figure out the precise point when a fast spreading plant becomes a ground cover. Some, like ivy, periwinkle...

yarrow

A resilient weed, native to the northern hemisphere, yarrow grows wild in open fields and along the sides of the...

tending the herb garden

All the medicinal plants are in bloom, a rare sight for the herb patch, whose blossoms are usually scarce and...

garden imagery

There are the rare moments when simple images like these are more than enough to justify dripping sweat over organic...

persnickety roses

Roses have earned the dubious privilege of being considered sensitive and difficult to grow. This is not entirely true of...

old bourbons

The quintessence of romantic imagery, the Bourbon rose! There is an unspoken consensus among rosarians that roses are the crowning glory...

perennials

When you had a perennial garden for many years you’d think there can’t be many plants you haven’t tried but...