Transplanting spring-blooming bulbs at any time of year is possible. Although we’ve been trained by mail-order greenhouses to plant bulbs in the fall, I have found that digging up and moving my spring-blooming bulbs is …
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You Can Transplant Spring-blooming Bulbs Year Round
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A New Start, A New Garden
If you've never tried gardening but are curious about it, I encourage you to give it a go. Yes, it can be a lot of work. But it's also good exercise, meditative, and personally satisfying.
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Irritating Plant Allergies You Should Know About
I remember pulling dead leaves off my euphorbia. Did I wash my hands or scratch after removing gloves? Did I wear gloves? I honestly can’t remember.
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Growing Native Plants to Inspire a New World
The foundation is dedicated to the preservation of California native plants and hosts an annual garden tour of scores of California's best private gardens.
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Orchids Are in Bloom Just for You
Caring for orchids isn't difficult, and you can get them to re bloom with a little effort.
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Lavender Farms Lead to Loving Lavender
Lavender is trendy. Here's why.
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May Flowers in Garden and Woods Welcome a New Season
Hopefully, you will get some good ideas about what you can plant in your own garden, to enjoy every spring!
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Spring Blossoms that Are Truly Deer-Resistant
Keeping deer from devouring everything in your yard is especially difficult in spring and fall.
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Luxembourg Gardens Overflows in Pink
Six-on-Saturday is six pictures of garden beauty, with limited comment! Last week, I was lucky to have the opportunity to visit Paris and stroll through Luxembourg Gardens. It was a bit early to see the …
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California Travel Rejuvenation: The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
With such color and form all around, who would argue that these aren't Nature's works of art?
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Redesigning a Garden: Six on Saturday 11-10-18
Well, it’s been a while since I shared any garden views, or was able to read much about everyone else’s garden on The Propagator blog. Let’s blame it on many (in)decisions about redesigning the garden. …
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Take Your Garden Design to the Next Level
The edges of a driveway, a stone wall, a series of flower pots, or wrought iron poles for hanging plants are all examples of how lines are brought into garden design. Lines take your eye on a journey through the landscape.
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Garden Successes and Failures, Six on Saturday 9-22-18
The blooming of fall anemones and physostegia hasn't happened in years.
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Wet and Wild in the Garden, Six on Saturday 9-15-18
The raindrops looked like crystals sprinkled on the garden.
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6 Deer-Resistant Bulbs to Plant Now
Chemical content, scent, and texture all play a part in repelling foragers. And their effectiveness follows in that order.
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Fall Favorite Flowers, Six on Saturday 9-8-18
The border that the Rudbeckia grows in has a little "secret path" that makes it easier for me to get into the bed to weed.
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Mushrooms Bloom, Six on Saturday, September 1, 2018
What happens when it starts raining after a period of drought? Out pop the mushrooms.
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Crisp Air for a Fall Garden, Six on Saturday, 8-25-18
The tri-color dappled willow bushes (Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki') had a burst of growth, from 2 feet at the start of the season, to over 8 feet today.
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The Slowdown, Six on Saturday 8-18-18
Cherry and Roma tomatoes are doing well, but the heirloom tomato plants succumbed to some sort of rot, and the fruits are mealy and terrible. Maybe there is a reason for hybrids.
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When Do Morning Glories Bloom?
My over-zealous addition of fertilizer had cause this disappointment. The plants put all of their energy into growing, not reproducing. Fertilizing lesson learned.
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Display Gardens Make Saturday Shopping A Pleasure
Getting ideas from some of the best professional gardeners
