Buffalo Horticulture

04/13/2022

I've been noticing some Hellebore gone rouge this season. I like it.

04/06/2022

The Lesser Celandine is coming.

03/28/2022

Trying to bring some order.
(📸 Alyssa Capri)

03/24/2022

This week.
1. Snowdrops 2. Rejuvenation pruning, Yew hedge 3. Crocus
(Snowdrops and Crocus are 3 weeks later than usual this year - in my experience, not necessarily per USDA data 👍)

03/21/2022

Late summer pruning of Hydrangea macrophylla? Whatever...(eye roll)...

Late Summer pruning of Hydrangea macrophylla? Not me. I prune French Hydrangea in the early spring and late winter. This is why. French Hydrangea. Lacecap Hydrangea. Mophead Hydrangea.

03/17/2022

This afternoon. Pruning a cluster of Hydrangea macrophylla. (Maybe I'll put out some journal notes over dinner).

03/15/2022

Can't get to the pruning
Without taking down the Xmas lights.

03/12/2022

Early spring work.

We are tending to these hellabore beds & enjoying the slivers of early season growth.

(Brought to you by Alyssa)

03/11/2022

Some notes on the Mulberry Pruning.
(Why I always feel compelled to write when I prune...?)

Today. Weeping Mulberry doesn't seem to find its potential around this region but, elsewhere, I see it as a well pruned winter sculpture. I have a couple that I am able to work with but there is...

03/10/2022

Art of the Weeping Mulberry. B4 & Aft'r.

03/09/2022

Back in the field. Annual Wisteria pruning up here in Central Park 'hood.

02/08/2022

Some notes on "the literature."

"For me, a good plant fulfils a specific function in the garden, and does it well." In the literature I read of plants being used as ​Function, not poetry. In the world of production Plants may...