A couple of years ago, I was walking with a friend through SFA Gardens. In one stretch, we had a patch of redbud varieties in good show, and he remarked, “Do you think redbuds might be the next crapemyrtle?” I said, “I don’t think so.”…
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What I am about to write comes with a major disclaimer. Summer squash is one of the easiest and most productive vegetables that can be grown in a garden. The seeds are big, they germinate in less than a week, they grow fast and as…
Seed-starting season has arrived! I love this time of the year when gardening begins again with the seeding of new transplants indoors. Seed starting gives gardeners full control over their transplant production and a vastly wider range of flower and vegetable species and varieties from…
They may not be big enough for BLTs and burgers, but cherry tomatoes are the ideal size for salads, salsa, appetizers, school lunches, oven-roasting, snacking and sharing. Fortunately for home gardeners, the selection of small-fruited tomatoes available in seed catalogs and garden centers has expanded…