Outer Peace

05/01/2022

This is a great graphic on all the ways NOT to treat your trees!

04/15/2021

04/15/2020

Hope everyone is spending time in their gardens during this time. It restores sanity!

09/03/2019

Efforts of gardeners with an eye to conservation and Native plants are helping the Monarch Butterfly population to rebound!

This summer, monarch caterpillars and butterflies have enveloped Slater Farm in Washington, Maine. “There must be thousands.

06/03/2019

This Poppy is a descendant of seeds that were gifted to me by a dear friend. They originally hailed from the Villiage of The Wickhamford in the Cotswolds of England. Now growing and blooming each June in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
What plants in your garden do you fondly attribute to the person who gave them to you? Share a picture!

04/15/2019

Thinking about buying Barberry or Burning Bush to add color to your landscape? Think again! The damage these plants do to our natural ecosystems is not worth the color. Not to mention that Barberry provides protection for rodents who carry ticks with Lyme.
Replace that color with plants such as Itea, High bush Blueberries, Ninebark and Lindera (Spicebush).

by Ellen Sousa Maine has become the latest state to ban the sale of exotic invasive plants Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) and Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), both long-time staple plants of the landscaping industry that have seeded and spread aggressively into natural and agricultural areas...

04/14/2019

They AREN’T Marsh Marigolds. Or innocent buttercups. Lesser Celandine is a noxious w**d. Get rid of it or you will regret it!

Lesser celandine quickly spreads and covers the ground. The roots are tuberous, and this plant spreads by seed, too.

03/31/2018

It’s time!

07/28/2017

How's your Basil doing this year?

Basil downy mildew is a relatively new disease in the United States, first identified in Florida in 2007. It has been reported in a handful of states every year since then, from the east coast to western states. Basil downy mildew has also been identified in Canada and Argentina.

05/24/2017

Public Service Announcement

09/18/2016

Fall is for planting, and local garden centers will have lots of perennial offerings to tempt you. Sadly, it's been dryer than dry lately. Let the lack of rain inspire instead of discourage: Check out this great article about drought tolerant perennials.

Look for plants that have fine/lacy foliage, succulent/thick foliage and hairy/fuzzy foliage. These leaf types are great indicators that a plant is a water sipper rather than a guzzler.

The linked article includes a good list of drought tolerant plants!

http://www.perennialresource.com/articles/518_Drought-Tolerant-Perennials.aspx

Perennial Resource--Information and Inspiration for Today's Gardeners.