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[ad_1] Saffron Crocus, Crocus sativus If you do a search for the top ten most expensive spices, you’ll find a varied list. However there is one...
[ad_1] We’re heading into late autumn, and that means peak bulb-planting time. As long as the soil is not frozen, you can plant for next spring...
[ad_1] In honor of Halloween: houseplants that show off twisty tendrils, scary leaves, and macabre colors that can lend your home a moody ambiance. Here are...
[ad_1] The new book A Year in Bloom has a great premise: Ask some of the world’s top garden people to talk about their favorite bulbs,...
[ad_1] “Irises were my first love,” says horticulturalist Kelly D. Norris, the garden author and designer known for his “new naturalism” garden style. He started out...
[ad_1] I’ve always known in theory that if you plant spring-flowering bulbs (such as tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and alliums) you can fill your garden with successive...
[ad_1] Red Bunny Tails, Pennisetum Massiacum I usually think about bunnies around Easter time, but they also hop into my head in the fall, when I...
[ad_1] We don’t hate chrysanthemums. Let’s just get that out of the way. There is a lot to be said for their instant, impulse-buy autumnal cheer....
[ad_1] Vines can hide an ugly fence or add beauty to trellis or doorways. When grown over an arbor or pergola, they can create shade. But...
[ad_1] Japanese Anemone, A. hupehensis: “Daughter of the Wind” There’s a nondescript, partially shaded corner of my garden that is frankly rather dull until finally it...
[ad_1] African Blue Basil, Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum Whether you garden in-ground or in a single windowbox, there is a plant that will lure every pollinator...
[ad_1] “Chrysanthemums are long overdue for a revival,” says garden writer Naomi Slade, the author of the new book Chrysanthemums: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden,...
[ad_1] Any article about Physostegia begins with the acknowledgement that this plant’s most-common common name, obedient plant, is a misnomer: Physostegia is anything but complying. The...
[ad_1] 3. But go with French lavenders for a longer bloom. If you are trying to chose between English and French, know that while English varieties...
[ad_1] Above: Turbinado sugar gave this snowbell cordial ferment a darker hue. After the first fizzing of fermentation happens, you have the cordial, a concentrate that...
[ad_1] If you want to start a horticultural fight, opine loudly at your next plant party about the best viburnums to grow. These flowering shrubs provoke...
[ad_1] Blue Flax, Linum lewisii I can’t get enough of the blue flax in my yard, but it wasn’t always this way. With most other perennials,...
[ad_1] In summer our thoughts turn for refuge to cooling streams and pond edges, and to memories of a spring blaze of marsh marigold and moving...
[ad_1] One of the realities of enjoying a garden is that there’s not always a lot of time to do so. We work, we commute, we...
[ad_1] Even though Memorial Day is behind us, we’re still technically in the midst of spring (summer solstice falls on June 20 this year). This means...