the modern house garden

  The collection of leaves among the base of the aster stalks from last season   I’m being a messy gardener this year. Recently I read in a ...

  The act of planting is a gesture of hope. Whether seed or root, shrub or tree, something that will produce food, or a plant that is purely...

 'La Paz' is my favorite hippeastrum. I think. Can you see why? But 'Quito' may vye for my attention, being a more striking ...

  First blooms on ‘La Paz’ this year. It’s funny that this one bulb started this stem well before the other ‘La Paz’ bulbs in the same pot. ...

‘Alnwick Castle’ Although I do have some roses without thorns, I also have some roses that are wickedly thorny. As the canes age some get mo...

 Neofinetia falcata 'Shutenkaku' is a pink form of the Japanese Wind Orchid. It smells just as good as the wild form, a delicious va...

        Almost the "before" photo. The last of the rosemary hedge to be removed.  Lots of roots Digging up the watering line Who p...