Into Autumn
I must admit, autumn is not my favorite season. You see, I don’t really care for winter much, so for me autumn is just sort of the precursor to what
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Species Lilies
I have a lot of friends who are plant hybridizers–good hybridizers–and for the most part, I love their plants. But there is one group of plants where my preference runs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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