Focus on Flowers

Plants add vitality to our indoor living spaces.

Select the largest herbaceous specimens that you can afford to plant. Otherwise, you may have a large house with tiny little blobs of green lined up in front of the structure for a long time.

Cold-season bloomers are rare in the flower world.

Squirrels are such fun to watch!

James I of Scotland wrote a poem in 1413 describing his view of a densely screened pleasure garden set in a corner of the castle wall.

Dr. Nathanial Ward, a naturalist and physician living in London, discovered a way to transport and protect plants from the sea air and adverse temperatures during long sea voyages.

In the fall deer start on the woody plants and most often go after evergreens in the winter.

Quotes from Violet Stevenson and Gertrude Jekyll.

When cutting flowers from your home garden, it is important to remember that you are subjecting the plant to surgery.

It is hard to find shrubs for deep shade, as few will persist at all...but here a few ideas.