Wait Until You See…..

…..the new redbuds coming to market in the very near future. Some friends and I took a trip to Winchester on Friday and stopped to see Harold and Alex Neubauer Read more

Of Summer Sunflowers

Being a Kansas boy by birth, one of my favorite of all wildflowers is the sunflower. “Wildflowers?”, you may be asking yourself. Sure enough. Across the hills and plains of Read more

Horticulture Magazine Article

While I’m doing a bit of shameless self promotion, in case anyone did not get to see the short article I did for Horticulture magazine’s May 2009 issue about Yucca Read more

Big Bloomers in Fine Gardening

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to let everyone know that if you subscribe to Fine Gardening magazine you’ll find me in the newest issue, October 2009, which hit the Read more

Barbara Mandrell on Volunteer Gardener

What crazy weather we’re having for this time of year! I’m not complaining, because it sure is wonderful here, but my friends in the Pacific Northwest are having a recordbreaking Read more

Glorious Gladiolus

Gladiolus are another of those plants that hold a nostalgic place in my heart. The next door neighbors used to grow rows and rows of them at the far end Read more

The Nashville Music Garden

I’m a big fan of public green spaces. I always have been. That’s especially true when good horticulture is involved and that is exactly what’s going on at the Nashville Read more

The Tiniest Waterlily

Many posts ago I wrote about the world’s largest waterlilies, the Victorias https://troybmarden.blogspot.com/2008/03/aquatic-giants.html, whose giant floating leaves may reach 8 feet in diameter in a well grown plant and whose Read more

The Best Day of Summer

The best day of summer has come early this year! No, no… not the first day of summer. The best day of summer! The day when you sink your teeth Read more

Lola

One of the groups of plants that I have always admired–even lusted after–but have never experimented with much is Kniphofia, the “red hot pokers”. Even as a child, I remember Read more