Focus on Flowers

Over one-hundred million roses are purchased in the United States for Valentine’s Day each year, and nearly all are red and long stemmed.

What we see from our windows all through the cold days of winter is our garden’s architectural structure formed by the trees and shrubs that are the long-term residents of our gardens year round.

For twenty years Henry Mitchell’s column “Earthman” was a weekly feature in The Washington Post.

African violets are quite happy growing in pots in many of our homes and are easily propagated.

Visitors are not charged to see the 55 acres of gorgeous organic plantings in the heart of this major research university.

Emily Dickinson was a renowned poet, but during her lifetime she was known more for her gardening skills.

Here are few poems written, most of them, very long ago.

There has been so much hybridizing, that the differences between a Thanksgiving and a Christmas cactus have become blurred, so it seems reasonable to refer to them all as Holiday Cactuses nowadays.

This may be the perfect year to simplify our holiday decorations. Rather than buying new items, dig around in your closets and see what you can reinvent.

If you have gardeners on your holiday gift list, you can easily accommodate them from the comfort of your own home. Gift certificates to nurseries in the hometown of your recipients, or from catalogues, are always well received.