My Virtual Maryland Garden

It's not a great picture to be sure, but the story behind it perhaps makes up for it. The hawk shown here moved into the neighborh...

Although I’ve known about  Primula obconica  for most of my gardening life, this is the first time I’ve had one in the house. It was ...

Ruscus aculeatus , the butcher’s broom of old books, is nothing new in this garden: it’s been here for decades. The original form gr...

Yesterday afternoon, after things finally warmed up a bit, I went out to check on what was happening in the cold frames. The Algeri...

This morning at 6:52 A.M. I was awakened by the call of a male northern cardinal; it was not prolonged and it sounded as if he was wa...

This is the upright form of the conifer Cephalotaxus harringtonia , sold as C. harringtonia ‘Fastigiata’. In its youth if ...

This handsome plant was grown as a houseplant long before most of us realized that it had great potential as a garden plant. It certainl...

Wayne and I were in Bridgewater last weekend to visit with his mom and other family members. We took Biscuit with us and she behaved ve...

One thing which sets this blog apart from most other gardening blogs is my determination to keep it confined to plants I have grown her...

Of all of my accomplishments as a gardener, this is one of which I am most proud. And it took a lot of patience to get even this f...

Here's a nice Christmas Day surprise from the garden: Iris cretensis . This is only the second time this species has bloomed here, ...

I'm pretty sure this is the plant I knew as a youngster as Christmas cactus. The hanging red flowers and the rounded edg...

For more about this, see the September Quarterly Bulletin of the North American Lily Society. Two pictures were published there; ...

There was a time when Cyclamen persicum was the only cyclamen grown in this country, and it was grown for the house plant trad...

The intense, saturated color of this one really surprised me. Most of the big sedums have a dusty quality to their color, but this one ...

Years ago I occasionally grew Thunbergia alata, the black-eyed Susan vine or clock vine. It's a reliable hot weather vine that slo...

You'll need some room for this one, but it's worth it. It's tall, broad and beautiful - it really lights up the October gard...

This is the time of year when neighborhood fireplaces are apt to be burning now and then.The scent of wood smoke moves me deeply - as d...

I grew this plant for years, digging the corns yearly, and not realizing that it would thrive in the garden as a hardy perennial. Once ...

I'm happy to say that this plant has been in the garden here for a long time; it's the only Aconitum which really seems to thri...