The movie begins with a happy scene. It's a Cape Cod garden center in spring. Cheerful folks are selecting seeds and flats of plants, loading up on high quality cow poop and topsoil. Optimism is in ...

Last week I wrote about salvias and lantanas. There are many species and selections available, most of which are drought tolerant and deer proof. They also are major sources of nectar for butterflies, ...

Among the plants that are blooming now are duranta, cape honeysuckle, Turk’s cap, shrimp plant and lantana. My first experience with duranta (also called Brazilian sky flower) was as a 7-foot-tall and ...

Under the semi-shade of our redwood trees my wife and I have established a plant infirmary for those stricken and ofttimes neglected plants. There, these unfortunate ones frequently recover and are ...