If you are a Harry Potter fan, or just interested in folklore, you may know the mythical mandrake, a plant with roots that are supposed to s...

Back in May, I posted about my experiments with trying to kill delospermas. I planted out entire collection out during the summer of 2012, ...

Last summer, I took an unused section of the nursery and turned it into what we're calling the trial beds. The idea is to set out big se...

We've had a cold, slow start to spring here in Michigan, which honestly, I'm trying not to complain, it is better than last year wh...

Here in Michigan, we spend a lot of time with it being winter. I'm not opposed to that -- it is a quiet, restful time, and I like the br...

I'm nuts about hardy cyclamen. How nuts? Well... Here is a picture of a shirt my oldest brother made for me one Christmas when I was 16 ...

I'm getting all geeked about the genus  Erodium . Previously, I'd never really thought much about them, I'd sort of m...