BARKS OF ANOTHER STRIPE
Think of the bark of white birch in winter and you’re not barking up the wrong tree, just that there are many others worth “barking up.” Yew, for example, hackberry, and many more. Shrubs also. Here are some of them:
Entries by Lee Reich
MYTHOLOGY COMES ALIVE!
Like the fire-breathing chimera that was part lion, part goat, part dragon, and feasted on humans, plant chimeras are weird-looking. What’s more, they do, in fact, exist. How do they come about and what is their appeal? Read more about these botanical freaks here:
MINIATURE LANDSCAPE CARE
A bonsai evokes a landscape in miniature. Like any landscape, regular care is needed, even the naturalistic landscape of a bonsai. Of course, the landscape care won’t have you working up a sweat, but you do need to follow three basic steps:
ALL FOR A SLICE OF PIE
Key lime is not your ordinary lime. And, for an even more extraordinary lime, there’s finger lime. And even more extraordinary is are hybrids of both of them. None are hard to grow, even where winters are cold.
JUMANGI!!!
The “True” Jimangi Back in 1995, Robin Williams starred in a rather bizarre movie, Jumangi. The rhinoceroses charging through the living room and the crazed, great white hunter caused more terror than did the bizarre plant that kept threatening Robin Williams. After all, rhinoceroses and great white hunters, even crazy ones, are real enough, but […]
A WELCOME TOUCH OF GREENERY
Wintergreen, is it a fruit, is it an aroma, is it a medicine. Is it. . . .well, it’s all of these. And aromatic. And has many names. And . . . adequately covered in my latest blog post:
UGLY WORD, NICE PLANTS
Did you ever bite into cultivar? Sure you did. Many times. Probably planted one even. So what is a cultivar?
THIS CITRUS HAS IT ALL
For a potted citrus — or is it a citrus? — I sing the praises of kumquat. Read more about this wonderful fruit for the northern citrus craver in my latest blog post:
GIFTS FOR GARDENERS
Yes, I have some suggestion for gifts for gardeners. Three categories: plants (of course); expendables; and endurables. Details in my latest blog post, here:
MOUSEY THREATS AND SOLUTIONS
Mice are clawing their ways in to where they can find food and lodging. Good for them but not for our plants, and us. Read about the various mousey threats and some ideas about how to avoid problems — in my latest blog post:
