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Have you ever, on a nice, cold wintery day, sat outside and stared at an ice-covered pond and wondered if there is anything alive under...

I received an email responding to a presentation I did recently, and I thought I would share the questions posed with you, dear (lucky)...

In my last post, I shared some of my observations from the Gardens and we defined “tree” and “shrub” . Now I want to share what I’m...

I love learning and sharing information with people who have an interest in gardening, as I continue my journey at the beautiful...

Gardeners often spend January and February pouring over seed catalogues dreaming, always dreaming. They turn the pages, suddenly halting...

“In these uncertain times” is a phrase you may have heard more often lately; as we all know, uncertainties make it hard to plan for the...

The average homeowner chases after the elusive “low maintenance, so I can watch more Netflix” landscape, and the residential landscape...

Happy 2021! If you’ve visited the Gardens recently, you may have noticed a singular container arrangement at the south entrance to the...

Someone emailed me asking for my opinion on some nasty looking roots in their landscape. Girdling roots may sound like a personal...

Hello there again! It is time for another weekly installment from your Main Street gardener; a time where I bedazzle your imagination and...

Recently, I was asked a follow up question to my most excellent rose blog (I must say so myself), so in this installment of the Main...

Though the peak of fall color is passing in the Gardens and our Michiana area, I thought I would take time to highlight a group often...

This week, we continue exploring spooky plants by taking a look at a plant with which we are all familiar: Parthenocissus quinquefolia ,...

Hey there! It is your hip, non-hipsta’ horticulturalist back at you, sipping my coffee and applying my horticultural brain toward the...

Last week, I started an eerie botanical series featuring dangerous or spooky plants with this post about the Autumnal Croci . This week,...

As we move into Fall, I thought I would begin a botanical series of eerie, dangerous and spooky plants as we grow into the spirit of the...

I love September. I do not know about you, but the cooling day temperatures and fairly stable weather patterns are a delight after the...

Goldenrod, genus Solidago , is a much maligned and under-appreciated group of plants. It is often mistakenly blamed for hay fever and...

It has been in my mind to talk about Phlox paniculata , or garden phlox, for some time. Prior to writing this, I thought P. paniculata...

The weather is forecasted to include several ninety plus degree weather days over the next week. Our fairly dry, warm summer has left...