What Plants Know
October 23rd, 2012
Israeli bioscientist Daniel Chamovitz says plants are more like people than we think. They can see, talk, smell and even remember in their own curious way. Here’s a look at what a plant really “knows…”
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Gardening News Category
Doom for impatiens?
August 21st, 2012
A virulent new strain of downy mildew disease threatens to wipe impatiens off our gardening map. And that’s a shame because this plant is our favorite annual and our go-to choice for shade.
Plant Sunburn
July 17th, 2012
Dry soil isn’t always the cause when plants brown out in summer. Some plants just aren’t keen on heat and sun…
Another Rose Woe
July 2nd, 2012
Just what we need… one more thing that can go wrong with roses. The latest problem is rose rosette disease, and it’s a deadly disease with no known cure.
Weeds Off to a Happy Start
April 12th, 2012
The warm start to 2012 has boon to weeds as well as cool-season plants. Winter annuals such as chickweed, creeping veronica, purple dead nettle and hairy bittercress are flourishing.
Hershey Gardens Turns 75
March 27th, 2012
Hershey Gardens opens for the season this coming Saturday (March 31), and it’s a milestone year for our area’s only botanical garden. 2012 marks the 75th year since chocolate icon Milton Hershey decided to build a “nice garden of roses” on the hillside just below Hotel Hershey (and now overlooking Hersheypark). I’m […]
Warmer Gardens
February 6th, 2012
The USDA updated its Hardiness Zone Map for the first time since 1990, and the new data shows most of the country has warmed by about half of a growing zone on average.
Confused Plants
January 10th, 2012
I was out inspecting the botanical troops over the weekend, and two things struck me. One is that the landscape is unusually colorful for this time of year. And second is that some of my plants are doing odd things they’re not supposed to be doing in early January. A nice surprise […]
Perfect Plants or Else
December 27th, 2011
Gardeners are a demanding sort these days. Ask people what kind of plant they’re looking for, and most say they want plants that look great in all four seasons and that don’t get bug or disease problems. We want plants that are colorful, that are different from what’s growing in every McDonald’s […]
One More Weather Insult
October 30th, 2011
Another week, another weather calamity. This time it was a record-setting October snow – one that tore the branches off trees and shrubs that hadn’t even lost their leaves yet. Most of the damage I saw was to the fastest-growing, weakest-limbed species, especially flowering pears, willows, silver maples, elms and poplars. But that snow was […]