The idea that an old, clapped-out garden can have beauty is sometimes lost on enthusiastic homeowners, keen to sweep everything away and make their mark. Yet increasingly for garden thinkers as well as designers, extant topography and remnants have value. Using what…
Golden Alexander, Zizia aurea Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) is a native North American perennial wildflower known for its yellow, firework-like blooms that bloom in mid-spring—and, more importantly, for being the host plant for the black swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly lays eggs…
| Published on Jun 27, 2023
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I can tell when spring is in full force in many different ways. The longer days! The warmer weather! The beautiful flowers! The birdsong! The social media posts asking what is this bright red bug eating my lilies? It’s not the…
The chances are good that you are surrounded by Artemisia vulgaris. Native to Eurasia, mugwort is highly invasive in North America, displacing swathes of native plants unable to compete with its perennial spread, fueled by an extensive underground rhizome system. But mugwort…
Help—what’s wrong with my plant!? First, take a deep breath. Your plant baby will be okay because together, we’re going to get to the bottom of why you have a plant drooping, losing its leaves, wilting, and all the other common signs…
Cliff Maids, Lewisia cotyledon Meet my new plant crush, Lewisia. Interestingly, it wasn’t love at first sight. I’d glazed over this evergreen perennial at garden stores probably a million times because it wasn’t flowering, and my thoughts were always, I have…
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We’re still waiting on some of the final finishing details in our kitchen (so if you spot anything that doesn’t look finished, don’t worry!). I’ve been trying to finalize some…
“Most folks go into the big box store and just pick seed based on the amount of sunlight that they have,” says Wolfin, but Kentucky Bluegrass, which is the standard turf grass, requires a lot of management and inputs. “There are grass…
There are a myriad criteria when selecting plants to populate a garden or cultivated landscape: resilience, form, texture, multi-seasonal interest in terms of foliage, flowers, and fruit—and, for kitchen gardeners, cooks, and backyard foragers, is it edible? As summer begins to assert…