As if gardening weren’t challenging enough, sometimes deer take up residence in your garden and decide to host a dinner party. There is nothing worse than planting a…
Read more Deer-Resistant Evergreen Shrubs: 5 Favorites to PlantIn fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of Dutch garden designer Frank Heijligers. Indeed,…
Read more Expert Advice: 9 Tips for a Moody Winter Garden – GardenistaWhen Sarah Pajwani and her family moved into their house near Maidenhead (an hour from London) in 2011, it was surrounded by an “overgrown field.” Having created a…
Read more Magic in Maidenhead: An English Garden That Glows in the Winter – GardenistaDespite being natively at home in bogs and on the edges of kettle ponds and other wetlands, winterberry, a native holly species, does not require wet feet in…
Read more Winterberry 101: Native Berries to Brighten Winter – GardenistaMoving perennials or shrubs once they’re in situ can be daunting for a novice gardener. But when you are starting a garden or reinventing one, it’s almost impossible…
Read more Secrets of an English Head Gardener: How to Transplant Shrubs and Perennials – GardenistaWe’ve all done it: planted something we love only to learn, sometimes years later, that it is invasive where we live. In many cases, we can be forgiven.…
Read more Invasive Plants to Avoid and the Native Alternatives You Should Grow InsteadWhen Jane Orvis and Steve Hanson bought their 1950s house in Seward Park, Seattle, they kept the original pink-tiled bathroom. But what about the mid-century shrubbery, arranged around…
Read more Before & After: Should It Stay or Should It Go? In Praise of Inherited Plants (And Soil, And Concrete) – GardenistaFor the many gardeners whose growing-spaces are either entirely or partly shaded, shade-loving shrubs offer an important, permanent layer of interest alongside perennials and beneath trees. In small…
Read more Shrubs for Shade: Our Favorite Flowering Shrubs for the Shade GardenAbove: Turbinado sugar gave this snowbell cordial ferment a darker hue. After the first fizzing of fermentation happens, you have the cordial, a concentrate that you strain and…
Read more Fragrant Snowbell: A Shrub with Scented Flowers that Make a Delicious CordialIf you want to start a horticultural fight, opine loudly at your next plant party about the best viburnums to grow. These flowering shrubs provoke strong opinions among…
Read more Best Viburnum Shrubs: Our List of 10 Flowering BushesBuckwheat, Eriogonum If you’re trying to plant more responsibly and sustainably, and also want your garden to thrive with less fuss, consider adding some wild buckwheat to your…
Read more Buckwheat: All About Growing Eriogonum, a Native California PlantCalifornia Lilac, Ceanothus Are you a devotee of multitasking plants—meaning, you choose plants based on whether they serve many purposes? If your answer is yes, then I have…
Read more Ceanothus: A Guide to Growing California LilacsJust when we were learning to live with box blight, the box tree caterpillar is laying waste to the remains. On the Royal Horticultural Society’s web page ‘Box:…
Read more Landscaping 101: Boxed in by Boxwood? 5 Shrubs to Try Instead – GardenistaWhat to do in the garden in February–is this some kind of a joke? Here’s a thing I like to do in February: sit by the fire and…
Read more What to Do in the Garden in February – Gardenista
