For years, I had seen this unexpected botanical treasure pop up in gardens and always wondered about it. I enjoyed gazing at its heart-shaped leaves and red petioles (leaf stems) but was forever ...

Along with spring comes life back into the garden. One of my favorite early spring shrubs is actually a small grafted tree known as Henry Lauders Walking Stick or Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’. During ...

It has been so cold and frosty in the garden recently that no time, save for a quick walk around, has been spent outside. It’s frustrating to look out from the house to see the lawn once again white ...