Tag: plants
Botanic Garden’s ‘Season’s Greenings’ Opens Thanksgiving Day
All aboard for the Holiday Express! The Season's Greenings display officially opens on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 23) at the US Botanic Garden (100 Maryland...
Plant Spring Bulbs Now: Dear Garden Problem Lady
Why do we plant spring flower bulbs now, rather than next spring?
Planting now is essential. It’s not that winter’s cold weather “stimulates” dormant spring...
Rewild: Planting Roots on Capitol Hill
Have you noticed Capitol Hill residents carrying beautiful plants in colorful pots from Eastern Market to their homes lately? Suddenly the Hill streets are...
Casey Trees Sets Tree Planting Record
April is the best gardening month of the year. Cherry blossoms, daffodils, tulips, and so much more pop up after the colder months of...
Can You Honorably Re-Gift a Gloxinia?
Can I honorably re-gift an expensive Gloxinia plant?
Gloxinia, you say? Re-gift?? Can there be any honor in re-gifting? Of any flower, plant, bulbs, seeds...
Plant Your Fritillaria Bulbs Sideways
I plan to buy some Fritillaria bulbs this fall. Judging from pictures they’re very tall and stunningly beautiful. But a gardening friend made a...
Should I Add Manure When I Winterize My Garden?
I’m trying to winterize my garden. Should I add manure or other nutrients to shrubs and perennials, or just mulch?
No manure. You don’t want...
Zone Bending Plants for the Changing Hill Climate
Our warmer weather this fall offers one more piece of evidence, if we need it, that climate change is real. The stunning fall-colored leaves...
What to Do When Wisteria Has No Blooms
What can I plant to hide the old leaves of daffodils? And, when my Virginia bluebells die back to nothing, as they do –...
Bringing the World to the Gardens of Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill is home to people from all walks of life -- actors, Hill politicians, teachers, business people, writers, artists, retired ambassadors, you name...
