Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Merry Christmas gardeners! It is my wish for each of you to have a wonderful ...

The rollout of the seed catalogues started early this year. High Mowing, the first horse out of the gate, arrived just before Thanksgiving, well before any enthusiasm for next year's garden could be ...

He said an exhibit on the book and native plants is expected to open next March at the Library of Virginia in Richmond and that universities and libraries are buying up the text, too. “I love plants ...

Are you are confused by plant catalogues or magazine articles using different climate zone maps to describe the appropriate environment for particular plants? You are not alone. The two primary ...

Early in November the first seed catalogue arrived, from Plant World Seeds in England. It’s a good source for rare and unusual plants. From mid-November through early December more packages of ...

One of the great pleasures in reading garden catalogues is discovering interesting new vegetables and flowers. The 1985 gardening season is no exception. The emphasis among the new varieties of ...

There is nothing more annoying than paying good money for a plant that can't survive in your garden. Did it fail in the first frost? Did it sizzle in the summer sun? Did it plotz in a puddle or dry up ...

Winter is a great time to get to know the many places where you can acquire plants. · Local plant suppliers. At garden centers, nurseries, home-improvement warehouses and some hardware stores, you can ...

It's as regular as the full moon each month or the arrival of the rufous fantail in November: come mid-winter the seed catalogues arrive. For three years I have been virtuously (almost) ignoring them, ...

Plants are a lot like us. They need to be grounded with proper nourishment, air, room to grow, friends and protection. When a plant is happy, it shows in the color and texture of its leaves and bark, ...