Mastering Horticulture

Finch: Dining in style In every garden some life form beyond the gardener's design will appear, thrive, provide, consume, destro...

The first daffodil flower this year. Things we did in the yard today: My fellow gardener (aka husband) and I took the time to do some ...

Fig. 1      Aeonium haworthii 'Pinwheel'  Aeonium haworthii (Pinwheel) is a succulent species in the Crassulaceae family. ...

Kalanchoe panamemsis flowers:  dimpled heart-shaped pendants. Since I started painting, I have become more observant of the little de...

It is that time of the year when we are flooded with peaches.  What this means is that peaches will be served every meal for a couple of...

Fig. 1   'Arabian Night' in the rain. One of the year's new plants in my garden is dahlia. Dahlia is a tuberous tender...

Potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) 'Yukon Gold'  O nce again the earth has given forth its fruits through the humble night shade ...

Fig. 1  Cymbidium:  Winter of 2014 Three years ago I repotted my cymbidiums into three gallon containers .  This year (late spring) ...

Fig. 1    Torenia fournieri E very year I try one or two new plants in my garden and this year one of them is Torenia (Torenia fo...

Dracaena fragrans  'Masagaena' in bloom. D racaena fragrans is one of the most important houseplants in the United States beca...

Baby Blue Jay B lue jays ( Cyanocitta cristata ) seem to consider our garden as a prime location for building nests. Previously, the...

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...

First Flowers:  Cherry Plum ( Prunus cerasifera )  After a record-breaking period of no measurable precipitation in our area, the rain ...

Peaches in my garden - summer 2013  T oo much of anything is not a good thing.  There is balance to be observed between that which ...