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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...

fresh growth

There is great agitation in the garden in anticipation of summer. Plants develop at great speed and at some point...

beans

I kind of planted the beans for their flowers, but they proved to be quite productive. The bright purple pods...

how to grow pinks

Cottage pinks are easy to grow perennials that enjoy sunny locations but will do moderately well in part shade. They...

chamomile groundcover

If you have a sunny slope that is difficult to mow, in a location with well drained, sandy soil, try...

nature’s antiseptics

There are two strong antiseptics directly extracted from plants: one is tea tree oil, only found in the leaves of...

mauve

If you were wondering what exactly the color mauve looks like, this is it. We know that because this is...