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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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…]
MY HOUSEPLANTS are sulking, whispering among themselves, “Why doesn’t that woman get us some more light in here?” And then [read more…]
YES, IT’S US AGAIN, me and Ken Druse, here to answer your latest crop of Urgent Garden Questions about topics [read more…]
FROM 2008 to this summer, Jane Perrone was gardening editor for “The Guardian” newspaper in the U.K, where she lives [read more…]
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN, or almost. Startling as it may seem, the mad stash is looming as fall takes tighter [read more…]
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…]
IF YOU WANT the best houseplant ever, look no further than Clivia. With help from Alan Petravich, then of Longwood [read more…]
RIGHT ABOUT NOW, countless orchid plants in homes everywhere—plants perhaps gifted to their owners, or others we bought for ourselves [read more…]
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…]
‘HOW CAN I OVERWINTER MY potted lemon tree indoors?” It’s the question of the moment from readers, as cold weather [read more…]
Welcome! I’m Margaret Roach, a leading garden writer for 25 years—at ‘Martha Stewart Living,’ ‘Newsday,’ and in three books. I host a public-radio podcast; I also lecture, plus hold tours at my 2.3-acre Hudson Valley (NY) Zone 5B garden, and always say no to chemicals and yes to great plants.