Wisteria Hysteria – plant love gone bonkers basically says it all when you have two of these things competing for attention at the same time. This is the first year this has happened — that the Wisteria tree is blooming its heart out at the same time the Wisteria vine has decided to explode, creating…

This was the view from my kitchen this morning. I stood there with my mouth hanging open for a minute. I was expecting snow, a lot of snow, but the shock and awe of the first major snowfall is always breathtaking. It’s intimidating too because of all the work it takes to dig out of…

Visiting a Cottage Garden in Ohio brings back memories of my great-grandmother, Nanny, who grew many of these same beauties when I was child. Gardening is more fun when it’s shared with a friend. Especially if it’s one who is as obsessed as you are and loves the same unusual peculiarities of the plant world….