Banana Yellow (47)
UNITED STATES—You to be over 50. By then you know tempus fugit; time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana. Sam...
Summer Bulbs Require No Chill
UNITED STATES—Narcissus, including daffodil, started to bloom during all that earlier torrential rain. Those that bloomed after the rain stood up a bit better...
Spring Pruning Breaks The Rules
UNITED STATES—Dormant pruning is the best pruning. It happens while the subject plants that benefit from it are dormant and unaware of such procedures....
Winter Bloom Might Be Scarce
UNITED STATES—Oregon gardens get to display superior peony bloom for spring and summer. That is one of several advantages of winter chill. Some plant...
Coppice To Renovate Overgrown Shrubbery
UNITED STATES—Pollarding is extreme pruning. It removes all but the most substantial of limbs and trunks. Coppicing is even more extreme. It leaves only...
Forced Bloom Is Not Sustainable
UNITED STATES—Poinsettias are very popular blooming potted plants for about a month prior to Christmas. Then, most quietly disappear prior to spring. A few...
Banana Yellow (43)
UNITED STATES—“You ain’t seen nothing yet,” said the wholesome apple-cheeked man in whose meteoric ascent to power Sam the Man Delaney had been murmured...
Citrus Fruit Brightens Wintry Gardens
UNITED STATES—Chilled lemonade certainly is nice when the weather gets warm during summer. Orange juice also seems to be more appropriate to warm weather....
Defoliation And Dormancy Are Justifiable
UNITED STATES—Defoliation and dormancy begin early for quite a few species within desert and chaparral climates. California buckeye can defoliate during the driest summer...
Dormant Pruning Enhances Fruit Production
UNITED STATES—Adding new fruit trees to a garden is reasonably easy. Maintaining them properly as they mature is more of a challenge. Centuries of...