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Perking Up the Tired Summer Garden by Elisabeth Ginsburg

Dog Tired in the Dog Days As August arrives, gardeners and their gardens are tired.  Many locations are hot and […]

Summer Globes by Elisabeth Ginsburg

Gardens and globes go together.  Beginning in spring and progressing through the growing season, the purple or white globes of […]

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, […]