success (and flair) with orchids: ‘orchid modern,’ with nybg’s marc hachadourian
ORCHIDS: You can’t live without them, and you can’t keep them alive. I’m kidding, sort of, but who among us [read more…]
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YES, IT’S US AGAIN, me and Ken Druse, here to answer your latest crop of Urgent Garden Questions about topics [read more…]
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FROM 2008 to this summer, Jane Perrone was gardening editor for “The Guardian” newspaper in the U.K, where she lives [read more…]
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brugmansia, iochroma, papyrus and more, with bryon martin of logee’s
I CALLED BYRON MARTIN of Logee’s Greenhouses for his advice on some begonia questions, and then—like plant-mad people are inclined [read more…]
growing and blooming clivia, with longwood’s alan petravich
IF YOU WANT the best houseplant ever, look no further than Clivia. With help from Alan Petravich, then of Longwood [read more…]
6 easiest orchids to grow, with longwood’s greg griffis
RIGHT ABOUT NOW, countless orchid plants in homes everywhere—plants perhaps gifted to their owners, or others we bought for ourselves [read more…]
growing begonias, with tovah martin
I’M ALWAYS LOOKING for ways to make my many houseplants, especially the fancy-leaf begonias, feel more at home year-round–especially through [read more…]
citrus in pots: how to grow, and overwinter it, with four winds growers
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