Whether you're trying to get your home ready for a party, a family visit, or just to take advantage of what you have, there are some simple …
Horticulture
Recent Project- Drystacked Walls & Plantings
Just finished this one, a tearout of most of the exisiting landscape and new drystacked fieldstone retaining walls and plantings. Here's …
Planting Shrubs and Perennials for Cut Flowers
While I was driving around today, I kept hearing a commercial for one of the big box home improvement stores, advertising a special on …
Root-bound Plants
Behold, a happy little one-gallon Stella D'oro daylily (please ignore the mess behind it- it's a work truck). I picked up this one and 29 of …
When to Plant Perennials in Northern Virginia
This weekend was the sort that gets me really excited for the growing season. It was warm and sunny, although I could have done without the …
All-Too-Common Gardening Mistakes
Landscaping, gardening, whatever you want to call it- it's pretty forgiving. I'm of the school of thought that you can't actually have …
Plants for Small Spaces- Part 4
More plants for small spaces! This one here is Harbor Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo, or more accurately Nandina domestica 'Harbor Dwarf'. It's a …
Cryptomeria Japonica ‘Yoshino’
There's not a lot going on in the garden today, so I figured I'd snap a picture of my cryptomeria, aka Japaenese Cedar. It's a fantastic …