It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

Since we're squarely in Winter's grasp now, it seems a great time to look back four to six weeks to appreciate the end of summer 201...

The deck gets a few planters each year, but most of the beauty that is visible late in the season is courtesy of the plants that grow up aro...

In the previous post I mentioned how I rely on big annuals and tropicals for impact in my garden, and it's only in late summer/early au...

It's been a couple of years since I've been able to do a "new plant" post since last year I made a point not to buy any pl...

Another quick "snapshot" post, just to see where things are as of early July. Unlike yesterday's bananas which are already im...

One last look before the freezing temps come in at the bananas and beans in my garden this year. By bananas I mean Musa basjoo, the ha...

I've been showing you my castor bean plants a lot in the last few months, with good reason -- they're really amazing this year! Toda...

I've been having trouble coming up with post topics lately. I don't want to repeat myself too much, so showing you the bamboo or the...

Perhaps it's because I haven't spent much time out in the garden this summer, or maybe it's just been perfect weather for tropic...

Time again for collected snippets. It's not Autumn now, it's not! At least the weather agrees with me on that, as it will be 90ºF (3...

There are a few things about this year's garden that have surprised or amazed me. For instance, the Pachypodium lamerei... ...has b...

A couple of days ago I showed you the garden around the patio area , how it's been growing like crazy this summer with very little atten...

We've had a good amount of rain in August here in St. Louis -- not too much, but a bit more than is normal -- and the garden is thriving...

It's hot and dry in some parts of the country, but here in St. Louis the heat is gone and it's cooler than normal -- very wet too! ...

With the first hard freeze expected Saturday evening, I thought give you one last look at the stars of my late-season garden: the castor bea...

This might be my favorite time of the year in the garden! I don't have time to say much, but here are some of the reasons why this ...

With cold weather creeping into the garden, and our first sub-freezing temperatures coming tomorrow, there will soon be less to see around m...

Today I want to talk about some things in the garden that have surprised me recently. Starting with this passionflower vine... ...growi...

I thought I'd end the week with a few views that I particularly like in the garden right now. The southeast corner of the house is ...

Just a few nice plant combos today, where fine texture and big leaves meet. Mexican feather grass and clary sage. Both small plants but...