Dried Flowers Were Formerly Fresh
UNITED STATES—All sorts of flowers bloom through autumn as well as winter. Honeysuckle still exudes its richly sweet summery fragrance. Honestly though, most flowers...
Falling Leaves Are Getting Messy
UNITED STATES—The primary problem with autumn foliar color is that it eventually becomes quite a mess. Premature shedding started the process even before much...
Firewood Still Warms Some Homes
UNITED STATES—Firewood was much more popular only a few decades ago. It was readily available from displaced orchards and nearby forests. Fireplaces and even...
Fall Foliage Is Gaining Color
Fall foliage is underappreciated here. It is not naturally prominent enough to suggest that it should be otherwise. Most native vegetation is evergreen. Most...
Spring Bulbs Benefit From Vernalization
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs obviously bloom for spring. Less obviously, they vernalize with winter chill. They are seasonable about now because this is when they...
Shedding Foliage Often Precedes Defoliation
UNITED STATES—Indian summer is more typical here than not. As usual, the weather cooled somewhat as summer finished, and then warmed again. It is...
Banana Trees Actually Produce Bananas
UNITED STATES—Banana trees, much like palms, arboriform yuccas and cordylines, are herbaceous trees. They develop no secondary xylem, or wood. What seems to be...
Palm Trees Deserve Special Accommodation
UNITED STATES—Palm trees qualify as trees merely because of their size and form. The most familiar sorts here develop trunks, and many grow quite...
Gathering Seed To Grow Later
UNITED STATES—Deadheading, or the removal of deteriorating bloom, is contrary to the purpose of bloom. It conserves resources for subsequent bloom or vegetative growth....
Succession Planting Prolongs Vegetable Harvest
UNITED STATES—Winter vegetables might inspire both enthusiasm and trepidation as their season begins. Sowing their seed and plugging their seedlings into a fresh garden...