As St. Patrick’s Day approaches every year, people start to talk about “the wearing of the green”. Individuals who eschew green clothing and accessories 364 days a year, paw through drawers and closets to find green apparel or jewelry to wear in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. They also eat the green, as … Read more
Paging through an English garden magazine recently, I saw a column devoted to the snowdrop chapter of the unwritten garden rule book. Traditional wisdom holds that snowdrops should only be divided and transplanted “in the green”—just as the blooms fade in early spring. Many snowdrop growers have followed that rule since the beginning of time—or … Read more
Several years back, I replaced the grass and made a garden of the “hell strip” between the sidewalk and street in front of my house. Money was a bit tight, so I bought young plants in quart pots rather than the gallon or multi-gallon containers. Now they have succeeded so well that unless I do … Read more
