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Rose Leaves: To Strip - Or Not To Strip?

PFZimmerman, contributor | February 2nd, 20112 comments

After pruning should you remove old leaves? It's a good idea and here is a quick way to do so.

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How aggressive IS it?

mgervais, Associate Editor | February 2nd, 201123 comments

Here's a gorgeous sweep of houttuynia at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York. I fell in love with this plant then and there, and I think it's beautiful, but every time we feature houttuynia...

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Plant Identification Quiz

Jillian_Faye, Fine Gardening staff | February 1st, 201114 comments

Think you can tell what kind of a flower it is just by the photo?

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Pushing a container over the top with simple materials

mgervais, Associate Editor | February 1st, 20116 comments

I discovered these awesome containers while touring a garden in Michigan several years ago. Sure, the plantings are nice, but what really makes these containers awesome is the towers, made simply of...

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Book Giveaway Exclusively for California Gardeners

CoolGreenGardens, contributor | January 31st, 201127 comments

I'm sorry. I'm really late. I should have posted this blog before you sent your letter to Santa. But there's a book that needs to be in every California gardener's collection, right next to the big green one I'm not going to mention by name. (Hint: it rhymes with "Unset Cistern Pardon Crook").

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A perfect match

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 31st, 20115 comments

I took today's photo while touring some gardens last spring with Rebecca Sweet in Los Altos Hills, California. Since she's worked and designed in this garden, I thought I'd let her describe this...

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Containers by Deanne Fortnam, Part 4

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 28th, 20114 comments

One last day of awesome containers from Deanne Fortnam! This is one of my personal favorites. Deanne says, "This is another arrangement from my container border. It uses the pizzazz of the...

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The Dreaded "P" Word!

PFZimmerman, contributor | January 27th, 20117 comments

Pruning is a word, and task, sure to strike fear in any new rose growers heart. But is the conventional way of pruning the best for Garden Roses???

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Containers by Deanne Fortnam, Part 3

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 27th, 20116 comments

Here's yet another great container design from Deanne Fortnam in New Hampshire. Believe me, she's got dozens more! Of this one she says, "This medley of container plantings is part of a 35footlong...

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Containers by Deanne Fortnam, Part 2

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 26th, 20119 comments

Here is the second in our series of four awesome container designs by New Hampshire gardener Deanne Fortnam. Here's what she says about this masterpiece: "This arrangement features from the top in...

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Containers by Deanne Fortnam, Part 1

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 25th, 20119 comments

Yesterday's mailbox planting designed by Deanne Fortnam was such a hit that Deanne and I decided we should share some of her containers for the rest of this week. We'll start today with one of...

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Give new roses a good "boxing" around the roots

PFZimmerman, contributor | January 24th, 20114 comments

You've heard about not planting new roses in soil that used to contain roses. There is truth to this and here is a simple way to deal with it.

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Wow the mailman!

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 24th, 201110 comments

Deanne Fortnam is one of my favorite container gardeners. Her exuberant style and keen sense for color result in some of the most stunning container designs I've ever seen. She even wrote an article...

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Are your plants superhydrophobic?

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 21st, 20114 comments

I think I could spend hours playing with water on lotus leaves. I'm too young to have memories of playing with drops of mercury, but I imagine the effect is similar, right? I went online to see what...

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Morning glories in the afternoon

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 20th, 201111 comments

One last shot from Charleston, and then I'm done, I promise. I adore this gateway. The humble morning glory makes quite an impact here, eh? The palms and tropicals that embrace the gate add to the...

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There's always room for a garden

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 19th, 20116 comments

Continuing on in the Charleston theme (there seems to be no end to the great garden ideas from my tour there several years ago), here's a photo of the front entryway to a stately Charleston home...

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Another Charleston garden scene

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 18th, 20113 comments

Here's a shot from another Charleston garden. I love how this gardener has mixed the tropical exuberance of the elephant ear with the formality of the clipped hedge. Perhaps this is more common...

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Keeping cool in a Charleston courtyard

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 17th, 20115 comments

Even in October, Charleston's gardens are still kicking. This was taken a few years ago. It was still pretty darned warm in South Carolina that October, but this garden felt cool and inviting. That...

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Washing Machines and Art Collide in a Santa Barbara Garden

CoolGreenGardens, contributor | January 16th, 20114 comments

"Honey, I'm so proud of you taking a sculpture class. And I'm sure there's a perfect spot near the hose bibb." Unfortunately, that's how a lot of "art" winds up in the garden.

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Remember what spring feels like?

mgervais, Associate Editor | January 14th, 20118 comments

Well this is what it looks like! I took this photo at a local private school in my town last May 1st. I remember what the air felt like. Unfamiliarly balmy, palpably misty, and amazing! It was like...

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