Our Garden Journal

Although it didn't make the American Rhododendron Society's cut for "Best Rhododendron of the Year" until 2006, "P...

When we planted a White Honeysuckle ( Lonicera albiflora ) shrub last summer, we weren't entirely certain it would survive our New En...

This month, celebrated nature photographer Alan Detrich challenged the readers of the Gardening Gone Wild blog to use a macro lens and to u...

Sweet woodruff, Galium odoratum , makes a prolific and lovely ground cover for the shade or semi-shade garden. We have it throughout our ...

Our second yellow magnolia,  Yellow Bird  ( Magnolia acuminat a) has been in bloom this week. Blooming nearly three weeks after our other ...

A welcome sight and sound are the songbirds that fly through the trees and feed from the sunflower feeders we fill year round. This weeken...

  Brown dog tick Whether you're talking about the tiny black deer ticks, Ixodes scapularis, or the larger brown wood or dog ticks...

European Wild Ginger Like all of the wild gingers, both Canadian Wild Ginger, Asarum   canadense, and European Wild Ginger, Asarum euro...

Standing on the edge of the pool, he executes a perfect arabesque. It's been a week since the mallards dropped in for their first dai...