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A Columbine To Add To Your Garden

There are plants that people love, and then there are plants that people hate. And then, there are those rare plants that manage to...

The Angelica gigas Experiment Is Working

You know that rare moment in gardening when a design comes together exactly as you envisioned? When the colors, textures, and heights you planned...

Lobelia Cardinas: A Tale of Garden Royalty

If you followed the news much in the past week, you undoubtedly heard about archaeologists confirming the remains of Richard III. A team found...

Ulf Nordfjell: A Visionary in Garden Design

Along the coast of Maine as we are readying for Christmas, our outdoor cultivation has come to a screeching halt as the ground is...

The Shockingly Tall Dasylirion wheeleri – Wheeler’s Blue Sotol

I trust that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We loaded up our car Tuesday night and departed Maine for North Carolina at 4 a.m....

Nipponanthemum nipponicum – The Japanese Flower From Japan

The Japanese flower from Japan—that’s literally what the Latin name Nipponanthemum nipponicum translates to in English. I like to imagine the botanists who named...

Arrange Plants In Your Garden

Arranging plants in your garden… It’s one of those things that many beginner gardeners really, really struggle with. But today I’m going to show...

Space-Boosting Design Tips – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design

Small gardens can be just as stunning and functional as larger ones, if you know a few clever tricks! Whether your...

Lady’s slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus | Jack Wallington

It’s been a long time coming but this year I visited one of the reintroduction programme sites for one of the UK’s rarest wildflowers,...

How to remove ground elder organically | Jack Wallington

I love lots of plants people call weeds (see my book) but there are some plants that can be problematic in gardens and worth...

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GPOD on the Road: Late Winter at Abkhazi Garden

Happy Friday GPODers! We are finished with Cherry Ong’s incredible late winter tour of The...

Sumptuous Season Extenders – your flower relay team – Successful Garden & Lifestyle Design

For flower lovers, especially in a small garden, it can be difficult to achieve a continual stream of them throughout...

Managing Water and Nutrients Differently

Sharing is caring! If you manage container plants the same way you manage raised beds or in-ground soil, you’ll always be fighting problems you can’t...