With an unusually dry spring followed by monsoons across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in June, global warming is changing the way our gardens grow.
Many plants in Britain are tolerant of widely fluctuating temperatures, strong winds and heavy rainfall, but inevitably some species will begin to suffer while others thrive. One style of gardening which is eminently [...]
Q: Can you recommend some cut flowers that I can take from my garden that will stay fresh for a long time in a vase? I like to bring flowers to my husband’s gravesite and it seems the lilacs and rhododendrons that I bring wilt in just a day or two.
– T. S., Kirkland
M.B.: First, [...]
Spring is here, a time of growth and renewal and a time for rhododendron lovers everywhere to celebrate. Rhododendrons only flower once a year, and March through May is the time when most show their splendor. And rhodies are indeed splendid. Growing more than 20 feet tall, with verdant glossy foliage and masses of flowers, [...]
On Tuesday morning, Susan LeBoutillier was standing near a six-foot-tall pile of dark brown sawdust, her bundled shrubs and trees scattered nearby.
“It’s coming along,” she said. “I think the stone walls are very beautiful.”
It was the second day of a five-day work week for her 10-person crew from Exton, building a patio display at the [...]
With weeks of abnormally warm weather, there are colorful surprises in flower at the Botanical Garden. In place of the barren or snow-covered landscapes commonly associated with January, snowdrops, witch-hazels, grape-holly, Dawn fragrant viburnum, camellias, winter honeysuckle, and Japanese apricot are all in flower. Some are quite showy, including the lush rose-colored flowers of camellia [...]
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