Mastering Horticulture

'Abraham Darby' is an English rose that was bred by David Austin. The flowers come in pinkish apricot color with a fruity fragra...

R adicchio ( Cichorium intybus ) made it into my vegetable garden when my husband sowed (literally poured) a packet of Salad Greens seed...

T here is a season for everything.  In my garden, now is cymbidium season.   While the rest of the plants are just beginning to awa...

Streptocarpus spp . Family: Gesneriaceae Common Name:  Cape Primrose Country of Origin: South Africa, Madagascar and  Asia F...

Fig. 1    Thai Basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) T his is a partial glimpse of my vegetable garden this year.  Instead of showing the fruits...

Fig. 1     Spotted bellflower (Campanula punctata) C ampanula punctata .   Bell-shaped flowers that dangled from slender stalks perio...

When I planted the pomegranate tree in my backyard there was only a thought of human food.  Little did I know that the hummingbirds als...

Fig. 1        Abutilon x hybridum  - solitary and pendent flower. (February 15, 2012)   New Plant for My Garden Last fall, I bought a foot...

  Fig. 1   Brugmansia sanguinea  'Red Angel's Trumpet' Flower Last year I got the chance to get really close to another angel...

Fig.1   The long flower stalks of cyclamen ( Cyclamen persicum ) curl downwards as the fruit develops. A bout a year ago, I wrote something...

My flowering crabapple tree ( Malus floribunda ) is in bloom again.   Every year this tree reserves a two-week period when it becomes the c...

 Fig. 1   Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'   leafing and flowering. (March 26, 2011) Japanese maple ( Acer palmatum ) is valued for i...

The flowers beginning to open. This green cymbidium which I called Cymbidium California 'Sun Acres'  is blooming like crazy right n...