Cardinals and Thistles

I am being stalked by cardinal flower—Lobelia cardinalis.  Otherwise known as red lobelia, the plant is tall and handsome, rising just shy of three feet and producing brilliant red flower spikes in mid to late summer.  The flowers are so red that they knock you for a loop when you first see them. That happened … Read more

Buck Garden

Most people think small when they think of rock gardens—miniature plants in confined spaces.  Leonard J. Buck (1894-1974) was not one of those people.  Buck, who made a fortune importing and exporting metal ores, created a thirty-three acre rock garden at his estate in Far Hills, New Jersey.  Buck has been gone for forty years, … Read more