All of the sudden, you see them. They might be taking over bare spots between plants, or even under them. They can grow in the spaces between brick or paver pathways. They sprawl out at astonishing speed. Prostrate or spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata) is a very low-growing plant, native to Eastern North America. The entire…
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Many annuals and perennials need plenty of sunlight to thrive. Whether you have sunny areas in your front, side, or backyard or a porch, patio, or balcony and want to add more plants that will come back year after year, there are plenty of sun loving perennials to choose from. Many full-sun perennials provide important…
CANTON – There are an estimated 393 million guns in the United States. On Sunday, 60 of them will be melted down and turned into gardening tools. The initiative is a part of the Festival of Nonviolence and Peacemaking, put on by peacemaking initiative group Together NEO. The festival is taking place throughout Northeast Ohio…
The foxgloves, like just about everything else in the Atwell garden this year, are lookin’ good. Photo by Tom Atwell The gardens this year have been lush, early and fast. As I get older, slower and softer, it gets harder to keep up. Because we never really had winter this year, blossoms of crocuses and…
Nicole Juday, Rob Cardillo and I were most of the way through taping an episode of my podcast when the conversation veered toward a group confessional. We had been talking about other people’s gardens: the 21 exceptional ones that Ms. Juday, a garden historian and writer, and Mr. Cardillo, a garden photographer, had included in…
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Alert to all green thumbs out there: Amazon Prime Day home deals are here, and we found a pretty impressive array of gardening essentials in the mix. For anyone who may not be up-to-date on the Prime Day details, the…
While local garden centers give us great advice and a variety of plants that grow well in our area, there are times when garden centers at big box stores have hard-to-find plants and reduced prices. Master Gardener Ann Bartlett tells us when and how to shop at the big box garden centers. I confess that I…
Like many other trees from Australia, the macadamia thrives in Hawaii. Others suited to the Islands are many grevillea, melaleuca, callistemon and eucalyptus species. When it comes to our favorite nut, many folks on the mainland think of macadamia nut trees are native to Hawaii, but here we know it is an Australian tree that…
