Garden Adventurer: Strange Beauty: Turtleheads
Sometimes a weird name is the best way to describe an unusual flower. Take turtlehead (Chelone sp.), for example. Its hooded blossoms do —…
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Garden Adventurer: Naked Gardening
PSSST! Ya wanna know a secret about me? Well, please don’t tell anyone, but every summer, I do enjoy watching naked ladies romp in…
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Garden Adventurer: Color Shift: The New Echinaceas
I used to grow purple coneflowers, but don’t anymore. It isn’t that they have fallen out of favor with me — what’s not to…
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Garden Adventurer: The Little Tomatoes
With the arrival of spring, many gardeners are undoubtably scratching their itch to get the veggie patch going by planting tomatoes. Yep, nothing like…
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Garden Adventurer: Double-Duty Delight: Garlic Chives
I don’t have any problem being a cheapskate gardener. So, when I find a plant that looks great and tastes good — call-it a…
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Garden Adventurer: Getting Gaudy: The Colorful Crotons
After all the Christmas baubles and bangles have been put away, the ol’ homestead often seems void of cheerful color. The garden is normally…
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Garden Adventurer: The Temptation of Tulips
With apologies to Shakespeare, when it comes to tulips, to grow or not to grow — that is the question. While there are some…
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Garden Adventurer: The Sneaky Strawberry Bush
If you like sneaky plants, let strawberry bush (Euonymus americanus) surprise you. How? For starters, the name seems to imply a larger, bushier version…
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Garden Adventurer: Impatient? Plant Autumn Crocus
For any impatient gardener, crocuses are great bulbs to grow. Planted in the fall, their thin leaves start peeping out of the ground at…
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Garden Adventurer: August Lilies
When there is a need for foliage plants with visual elegance to doll up semi-shady spots in the landscape, gardeners often turn to hostas….
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