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is 2013 the year of the succulent?

IT WOULD BE HARD not to notice them, because they’re everywhere. Succulents, including many Sedum and Sempervivum and other less-familiar [read more…] The post is 2013 the year of the succulent?...

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growing hellebores, with judith knott tyler

ON A FORMER Virginia tobacco farm that has been in her family for six generations, Judith Knott Tyler and her [read more…] The post growing hellebores, with judith knott tyler appeared first on A Way...

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andy brand’s passions: from rare epimedium to butterfly-sustaining weeds

ANDY BRAND of Broken Arrow Nursery is in a position any gardener would envy: He can get his hands on [read more…] The post andy brand’s passions: from rare epimedium to butterfly-sustaining weeds...

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fern secrets, fern sex and fern gardening, with tony avent

THERE IS NOTHING–and everything–new about ferns, ancient plants that have lately been getting breeders’ increased attention. Yet how many of [read more…] The post fern secrets, fern sex and fern...

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a plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra

SPRING, ALL PRETTY IN PASTELS, DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH RED FOR ME, I suppose, which is why I like the red [read more…] The post a plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra appeared first on A Way To Garden.

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‘planting in a post-wild world,’ with thomas rainer

WE GARDENERS want to do the right things: to attract pollinators, for instance, or grow more natives, and be environmentally [read more…] The post ‘planting in a post-wild world,’ with thomas rainer...

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recap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting

A COUPLE OF YOU COMMENTED when I posted a spring “walk in the garden” story years back, asking for help [read more…] The post recap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting appeared first on A Way To...

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deer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler

GARDEN VISITORS ask me all the time, pointing to this or that: “Is it deer proof?” Well, truth be told, [read more…] The post deer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler appeared first on A...

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a plant i’d order: hakonechloa ‘all gold’

IT GROWS IN SHADE, READS AS SOLID GOLD, and looks good from early May to sometime in winter, I think, [read more…] The post a plant i’d order: hakonechloa ‘all gold’ appeared first on A Way To Garden.

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growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins

I WILL CONFESS right off, I love epimediums, but apparently not as much as Karen Perkins, who boasts the largest [read more…] The post growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins...

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tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a with ken druse

THANKS TO YOUR BOUNTIFUL supply of Urgent Garden Questions, my friend Ken Druse and I are being kept busy. In [read more…] The post tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a...

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growing hellebores, with the late judith knott tyler

ON A FORMER Virginia tobacco farm that was in her family for six generations, Judith Knott Tyler and her husband, [read more…] The post growing hellebores, with the late judith knott tyler appeared...

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making the switch to native groundcovers, with duncan himmelman of mt. cuba

I’VE SPOKEN recently on the show about my personal war on certain groundcovers I planted years ago that have turned out to be hideous thugs... The post making the switch to native groundcovers, with...

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botanical treasures at far reaches farm nursery, with kelly dodson

ON THE WEBSITE of Far Reaches Farm rare plant nursery, shoppers can filter the plant listings by the usual expected things, like shrub or fern,.. The post botanical treasures at far reaches farm...

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