Xeriscaping in Northern New England
Living in the Northeast I never thought I would consider adding xeriscaping (pronounced zera-scaping) to my landscape design repertoire. Whatever…
Native Plants
Backyard Improvement Ideas for Comfort, Beauty & Health
We strive to bring comfort and inspiration to you and offer backyard improvement ideas for beauty and health as a…
The Invasive Plant Taking Over New England Yards
Japanese knotweed is one of the most aggressive invasive plants. It quickly forms dense thickets and establishes an extensive rhizome…
Spring Bulbs
With daylight hours just starting to lengthen but with snow still on the ground in many areas, we are all…
Perennial flowering plants series: Veronicastrum virginicum
Figwort family (Bowman’s Root, Culver’s physic, Blackroot, Culver’s root) This eastern U.S. native is great for the back of the border,…
A Surge In Sunflower Popularity
Sunflower; Aster Family Everywhere I go, I see sunflowers. There is a huge surge in sunflower popularity going on right…
The Annual Carpet Display Of The Flowers Of Hepatica
(Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) now reclassified as Anemone acutiloba, but it will always be Hepatica to me… Liverleaf, Sharp-lobed hepatica…
Adiantum Pedatum
Northern maidenhair, Maidenhair Fern, Five Fingered Fern Near my home is a large hillside that is festooned with Maidenhair…
