Epimedium Rubrum  •  Periwinkle  •  (Vinca minor)  •  Creeping Phlox Collection  •  Cote d' Azur Pinks  •  (Saponaria ocymoides)  •  Lamium  •  'Anne Greenaway'  •  Chameleon Flower  •  (Houttuynia cordata)  •  Potentilla  •  'Fire Flames'  •  Hardy Geranium Sanguineum  •  'Album'  •  Hardy …

If there's one refrain gardeners sing too often it's "You should have been here last week," or "You should have come next week." It seems like no matter how the garden looks, something special has always just gone out of flower, or won't bloom until after our garden visitors are gone.  •  This is …

If you look at most articles on bulb forcing they tell you to put a single layer of bulbs in a pot - all one kind. This is all very well if you have tons of pots and can bank them up to simulate a garden. But if you have several kinds of bulbs and want to make a spring garden in a dish there must …

Q: I bought some spring-blooming bulbs in September, but never got around to planting them. Now it's December and the ground is frozen. I have daffodil, tulip, crocus, snowdrop and grape hyacinth bulbs. What can I do?  •  A: First, check the bulbs and discard any that are bruised, soft or rotting …

A few years ago, a friend of mine - a real iris fanatic, sent me a photo that I was sure was a trick. It was full of autumn colors, with blazing trees and shrubs - and, in front, one lone and lovely bearded iris.  •  Everyone knows that irises don't bloom in the fall. But wait - things have …

Egret FlowerHabenaria radiata, Egret Flower, is a hardy terrestrial orchid (meaning that it grows in the ground) that is native to Japan.  •  It is often grown by orchid enthusiasts in containers instead of the ground, but is well suited to being planted in the ground.  •  When the bulb arrives it …

Spring has come and gone - and as deliriously happy as I always am to see the gorgeous displays of spring bulbs, I get just as excited about watching the other areas of my garden fill out and start a show of their own.  •  So far we've had plenty of rain this year, so that the gardens seem more …

I was walking to the mailbox today when I realized how odd it was to hear the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot when it's only August. Yet with rain as scarce as Rembrandts this summer, crunching is a sound that is becoming all too familiar to most of us. Many of us are also regrettably becoming …

It seems like gardeners in spring are so delighted to see anything green pushing up out of the soil that they will rejoice even if it turns out to be a weed. That thrill wears off and it's time for the next one - real plants and flowers and the excitement of the spring bulbs all coming into bloom …