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Perennials for Bumblebees

  Who doesn’t love bumblebees (other than the occasional apiophobe)? These colorful, fuzzy, aerodynamically challenged hymenopterans charm and ...

Late Summering Flowering Trees By Elisabeth Ginsburg

In spring the whole world seems to bloom, with a wide array of flowering trees and shrubs joining the parade […]

Rudbeckias

Rudbeckias are as American as the Fourth of July. All 20-something species of this sunny-flowered genus call North America home, […]

Shrubby Mallows

Everything has a season and midsummer is the time for mallows.  If the word “mallow” does not ring a bell, […]

Beyond Forsythia by Russell Stafford

Forsythias are not the only shrubs that bloom bright yellow early in the year, despite being the only ones you’re […]

Flowering Quince by Elisabeth Ginsburg

Every year I glory in the first signs of spring—snowdrops, crocuses, early daffodils and grape hyacinths.  But the big show […]