My Virtual Maryland Garden

Narcissus 'Topolino' This one has grown on me over the years, and now it's a firm favorite. When the flowers are freshly ...

Daffodils greet both spring and visitors! A group of daffodils in a Chinese pen holder greet visitors at our front door this week. 

Anti-vine hysteria wins again  Why do people do this? Who's teaching people that it's OK to do this? Will they vote for Trump...

Biscuit gets her main meal of the day at about 1:30 P.M. She spends most of the morning keeping her eye on me or snoozing nearby if I'm...

Crocus tommasinianus  "amethyst and pewter'  The crocuses in the image above are Crocus tommasinianus  in one of its many for...

Colchicum hungaricum  'Valentine' If you are new to this group of plants, you probably associate the name colchicum with plants...

Geese, probably Canada geese, on their way northward.  One of the really thrilling sounds of the season is that of geese on the move....

Rana sylvatica , the wood frog, started to call this evening from the garden pond. Last year I made recordings of the calling, and I'll...

On February 2 of this year, the heavy snow had started to pull back a bit and under shrubs and near walls bare spots appeared. When I l...

The suburban ornithoscopist Under the title given above I’ll be posting some of the interesting, brief natural history videos Wa...

cipolline , not cippolini cipolline , not cippolini For years these little flat onions have been marketed as "cipollini...

× Mangave  ‘Macho Mocha’ I was reading an article about houseplants recently, and among the plants recommended were agaves. No...

With a bit of help from the cold frames, the garden had a lot to offer on New Year's Day 2016. In addition to these photos from my gard...

This northern brown snake was up and about in Wayne's garden on Christmas Day. His garden is home to a stable population of ringneck sn...

I was given this Christmas cactus in 2014. It bloomed well last year, and as you can see it's blooming well this year, too. This little...

It got cold last night, as cold as it’s gotten so far this season. I got up at about 4:15 and checked the thermometer: ours re...

Mid-December gleanings  I made a quick tour of the garden yesterday afternoon to look for things in bloom. I was not disappointed; the ...

Bignonia capreolata  As a boy I knew this plant as Bignonia capreolata . Then, for much of the last half of the twentieth century, it ...

Camellia japonica 'Morris Mercury'  This is a new arrival here, from Camellia Forest earlier this year. It has the potentia...

Tulipa doerfleri Doerfler's tulip is a Cretan endemic, and so far as I am aware it has not appeared in the trade. Mine came from ...