Those lavender pincushions in the foreground belong to Sedum spectabile a fall-blooming plant that was in the garden when I came here ten years ago. I’ve noticed the very same plant in several other gardens on this street, a testament not only to its popularity at one time but also to its hardiness. […]
We were in Houston for a birthday party on Saturday and drove back home on Sunday. The weather was beautiful and we had nowhere we had to be, so we got off the Interstate and drove the back roads for awhile. There was hardly any traffic and we could drive slow without […]
Susan Albert is looking for information about how the plant called “poverty weed” or “Roosevelt weed” got its names. I recall hearing a story once about it being used for erosion control during the Dust Bowl years. Anybody know anything more about this?
As a follow-up to my story on red […]
Suddenly the back yard is ablaze with vivid red lilies on bare stems. I found these Lycoris radiata bulbs under a wisteria bush where they could barely be seen when we moved here ten years ago. When I dug them out to divide them I was amazed at how many there […]
Here is something I’ve never been able to understand. How can someone love plants and nature and gardening while at the same time supporting public policies that are harmful to the environment?
I’ve wondered about this many times but last night I wondered again, after listening to a fellow gardener who had been a […]
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