Country Garden Plants for an English Garden Style
For American Gardens Colorful Blooms Why “country garden” plants? What denotes a ‘country’ rather than...
Read MoreThe Prairie Garden
Few of us will ever see a true prairie like the pioneers of old had seen, but we still have the plants, and many of those are ideal for...
Read MoreVictorian Flowers: The flowers of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is renowned as a poet with a unique expression that is fresh to even modern ears, but during her life in the Victorian age...
Read MoreAquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis, Wild Columbine is a woodland plant of springtime. It blooms mid to late spring in my garden. It grows in partly...
Read MoreAsclepias tuberosa ‘Butterfly Weed’
Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, isn’t as popular as it could be. Maybe the combination of the “weed” appellation and...
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