Tag: Dear Garden Lady

My husband, wise but stubborn, tells me that once roses are in the ground they do not need to be watered. Please! He may...

When is the best time to move my Solomon’s seal – and why is it called that? Markings on its roots look like stamp marks...

Where might I find bulbs for Bluebells this late? Try googling “Mertensia” or “Bluebells” or “Virginia Bluebells” or “Spanish Bluebells”. You can plant the small...

Newspaper articles tell how urgent it is to save bees, whose numbers have been decimated from changes in farming, climate, chemicals and predators all...

My healthy indoor Clivia plant has not bloomed since we moved across the street.  I swear I have put them in identical light and...

Last summer our water bill nearly broke us. Water cost as much as food! What to do? First plan a smaller garden. Give super-thirsty perennials...

Is there anything good about the vile weather we have been suffering? I assume you mean garden-wise.  Rapid switches back and forth between mild and...

Gardeners spend January sitting by a cozy fire reading garden sales catalogues. I can't. My New Year's Resolutions are too URGENT. Please help me...

Can you identify this flower? The stalks are a yard high, with dark green opposite leaves. It seemed like a weed until late October,...

Why doesn't the Capitol Hill Garden Club sell spring flowering bulbs at Eastern Market every fall, the way it used to?" Here are all the...