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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Botanic Garden or Theme Park?
Today’s New York Times contains an article titled “Botanical Gardens Are Turning Away from Flowers”. The reporter claims that: Among the long-term factors diminishing their traditional appeal are fewer women at home and less interest in flower-gardening among younger … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Malcolm C. Shurtleff (1922-2010)
Mal Shurtleff was my gifted plant pathology professor. He was also my friend, my mentor and my inspiration. The American Phytopathological Society (APS) wrote of him: “Dr. Shurtleff is generally recognized as one of the preeminent plant pathologists in the world.”
Aggressive Annuals
Volunteers, or self-seeders, can be a welcome addition to the summer garden; but, sometimes, we just want a particular annual for one season. If that’s the case, here is my short list of unusually persistent annuals that you may want to … Continue reading
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Garden Trials
All gardeners experiment with plants, sometimes foolishly, sometimes cleverly, and other times out of necessity. It’s not as though we’re competing with the botanic gardens, running trials of 25 Campanulas or Phlox over a 5-year period to see which is most … Continue reading
Dusty Lavenders
My Nepeta faassenii ‘Six Hills Giant’ (Catmint) is beginning to look a little ragged now after its first flush of bloom that began in June. For the rest of the summer it will still maintain its graceful, relaxed habit that is so … Continue reading
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Tagged anthocyanins, lavender, nepeta, perovskia
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Plant of the Month: Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’
It seems that almost every daylily either begins or ends its bloom season sometime in July, so what could be more appropriate than naming a daylily July’s Plant of the Month? I admit there was a time when I considered the daylily to be a pedestrian … Continue reading
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Tagged daylily, hemerocallis, hyperion, leaf streak
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The Works of Rosemary Verey
I think every serious gardener should own one book by Rosemary Verey (b.1918-d.2001), or at least borrow one from the local public library once a year. Mrs. Verey was one of the great 20th century plantswomen, and her works include not only many … Continue reading
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Aster Family Redux
My next door neighbor planted this shasta daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Crazy Daisy’, in her garden, and I’ve been enjoying it for several weeks now. This is a strong-stemmed, mop-headed daisy that lasts for about 6 weeks and grows well to approximately 24″-28″ … Continue reading
Using Yellow in the Garden
Yellow is one of the most cheerful colors. It adds sparkle to an otherwise subdued color scheme. Yellow can be used as an exclamation point, or placed strategically to draw the eye to a particular area of the garden border. In … Continue reading
Dreaming of Tomatoes–Part II
All vegetable plants produce optimum results when they can achieve rapid, uninterrupted growth. As gardeners, it’s up to us to provide our vegetable plants with conditions that enable that rapid, uninterrupted growth. Tomatoes absolutely insist on warm soil and warm air when they … Continue reading
