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PLANT OF THE WEEK #60: Crataegus x lavalleei
By Michael
Jun 15, 2021
Nearly everything that’s happening in gardens in June in my climate is residue from another month.  There’s flowers hanging on here and there, and some good foliage yet to be
PLANT OF THE WEEK #59: Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’
By Richard
Jun 8, 2021
If there’s something strange in your garden bed, who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters? Maybe.  Ellen Willmott, however, might be a better answer. Miss Willmott, so the story goes, li
PLANT OF THE WEEK #58: Jacobaea maritima
By Michael
Jun 1, 2021
The whole Plant of the Week thing has a natural tendency towards spotlighting hero plants – the ‘A’ listers of the horticultural world.  But if there’s one thing I’ve le

PLANT OF THE WEEK #59: Eryngium giganteum ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’
By Richard
Jun 8, 2021

If there’s something strange in your garden bed, who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters? Maybe.  Ellen Willmott, however, might be a better answer. Miss Willmott, so the story goes, liked to sprinkle seed ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #58: Jacobaea maritima
By Michael
Jun 1, 2021

The whole Plant of the Week thing has a natural tendency towards spotlighting hero plants – the ‘A’ listers of the horticultural world.  But if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #57: Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush'
By Ashley Awramenko
May 25, 2021

I’m one of those people that have a thing for hedges. I just love the structure and framework that they provide a garden. I also love the sense of order and formality that they contribute, even when ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #56: Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana'
By Michael
May 17, 2021

One fact stands above all else when you start to discuss the sweet pea named ‘Matucana’, and that is that its perfume is outrageously powerful and evocative.  Hand a visitor a stem, watch them sn ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #55: Iris foetidissima
By Michael
May 10, 2021

My foolproof go-to plants in root-ridden shade beneath dense-canopied trees make a very short list indeed.  The first is Euphorbia robbiae, about which Richard … wrote nearly a year ago.  Catch up ...