Plants

When I first started gardening as a profession, my mentor Martha (read the Forgotten Landscaper in a previous blog) told me there were 5 gardens people had to have namely, The Cutting Garden, The Rose Garden,

In the summer of '76' when I was 19 years old, I decided to travel to Europe and England by using Eurail and BritRail train passes. I got about a week into my trip when I found myself on a train heading to Calais from Paris.

As you drive along Patterson Ave, Rt. 288 or country roads you may see the beautiful purple flower of the wisteria….Oops, I mean the Jacaranda tree. They are not the same plant.

Are you looking for a small columnar tree that blooms, is fragrant and takes sun to part shade? Voila! Meet the “Tokyo Tower“ Fringe tree ( Chionanthus retusus). After teaching a “Flowering Shrub and Small Trees” course this Spring

This is one of my favorite times of the year in my garden. Plants are coming up fresh and clean. The hot sun, hungry deer or my forgetfulness have not yet damaged any part of the plant