Focus on Flowers

As winter winds down, witch hazel is the shrub to watch.

Many of our best lilacs resulted from the work of Isabella Preston, who spent her career hybridizing plants.

I have been reading a book on flower arranging by Sheila Macqueen published in 1972 in England.

I have been reading a book about women gardeners in times past and find that they have wonderful wisdom to share.

Crocus sativus' stamens are the source of saffron. Henry I of England was so fond of saffron as a spice in food that he forebade ladies in his court from using it as a hair lightener.

Many people want a low-maintenance garden, yet no garden is truly low maintenance, but one possibility is an informal garden of easy-care flowering annuals.

Celia Thaxter gardened on an island off the New England coast.

Groundhogs, whistle pigs, woodchucks--whatever you call them, they hibernate all winter and wake up in the spring feeling ravenous, ready to eat your flowers.

When Beatrix died, she left over 4000 acres to The National Trust to be preserved forever in its natural state. Many visitors come from all over the world to England’s Lake District, looking for Peter Rabbit and his creator.

“She is pleased with her Pinks."