Spring Planting List and This Season’s Edible Weeds

I really love visiting the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at Rosemoor, here in the UK. It’s a big place yet it feels intimate and personal. It’s crammed with unusual plants but is also the sort of place that’s welcoming to novice gardeners. It’s a joy to amble around the garden and see what’s in flower…

Video: Pollinators in My Front Garden In a recent post I revealed the uptick in “pollinator action” in my townhouse front garden, thanks to suggestions that GardenRant readers made (to this post) for more critter-friendly annuals than the coleus I’d been growing in pots but which attracted nothing. And finally (after a winter of technical…

Pothos Facts Pothos (Epipremnum aureum): Pothos, also known as Devil’s Ivy, is a popular trailing vine plant that belongs to the Epipremnum genus. Pothos plants have heart-shaped leaves with a glossy texture. The most common variety of Pothos has green leaves, but there are variegated cultivars available,…

I’ve fallen in love. I love my garden, I do. It’s at the heart of my life. But just recently I’ve been drawn back and back to a windowsill by some sweet dwarf pelargoniums. Here’s one: Dwarf Perlagonium Golden Mist – sweet?! I wanted something small, easy and sun loving for the windowsill of the conservatory…

Courtesy of Syda Productions / Shutterstock The almighty rose can easily be called the queen of all flowers for Valentine’s. It’s one of the most popular plants to give but also an easy way out of the flower shopping hassle around St. Valentine’s Day. However, there is a diverse selection of beautiful Valentine’s Day flowers…

Next up in my college lawn-class reports: what I learned about clover and alternative grass seed mixes that include flowering plants, and what I would do if I (still) had a lawn myself. Alternatives to conventional cool-season grasses In climates where cool-season grasses are grown, tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass are the default, largely because…