Mastering Horticulture

Mrs. Quail sits under the canopy of a lettuce plant. Quails don't walk slowly when they know I am in the garden.  They fly away.  When ...

Clusters of tight pointy buds emerging in creamy-apricot color. I am currently traveling in Colombia with my family.  Colombia is such a bo...

Every year is different.  We have had a lot of rain this year. Normally in the month of June my garden is somewhat starting to wear out the...

Rosa 'Madame Isaac Pereire' One of the joys or curses of having a relatively mature garden is that plants tend to grow voluntaril...

A place to watch the birds. With the addition of two hummingbird feeders on both ends of the arbor, we have attracted more hummingbirds to ...

A year ago I received a box of flat broad succulent plant parts from one of my relatives living near Santa Barbara, California.  I did wha...

Fig. 1    Aphids When it comes to roses, the peak of flowering in our area is now. During this time, plants have large leaves; the flowers ...