Archive for October 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Several years ago I bought a plant of Browallia americana, amethyst flower, to grow in a container. This beautiful shade loving annual has a lot more grace than the typical dwarf version that is popular at garden centers. According to local plantsman and garden blogger Gary Keim (http://planetplant.net/) there are two forms of Browallia americana. One reaches 3 feet tall with cobalt-blue flowers and the other form, which is the one I have in my garden, is shorter reaching only 18 inches tall with azure-blue flowers and a white eye. Gary likes to combine them with dahlias and the fall…
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
By Paul Tukey
Are you like so many gardeners who find themselves spending too much time on lawn maintenance? Are you becoming more conscious of the amount of time, chemicals, and gasoline that are required to keep a well-maintained lawn? There are lots of alternatives to the traditional ways of lawn care including building better soil, using organic fertilizers, allowing clover to grow, using biological controls against garden pests, and finding alternatives to gasoline powered tools.
In The Organic Lawn Care Manual, Paul Tukey takes the reader through the entire process of creating a more environmentally sustainable lawn. He includes a Natural…
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
In 1985, the world renowned plantsman, JC Raulston travelled to Korea on a collecting trip sponsored by the United States National Arboretum. Among the hundreds of seeds that were collected was a seed of the Korean sweetheart tree, Euscaphis japonica.
In 1993 the Scott Arboretum received a package of plants from JC Raulston of the North Carolina State University Arboretum (today know as the JC Raulston Arboretum.) One of the small plants in that box was a seedling of Euscaphis japonica. We grew the plant in our growing area until 1998 when it reached sufficient size to be planted at the…
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