by Andrew Bunting | Nov 9, 2010 | Garden Practices
As fall approaches many gardeners start to make preparations for the end of the garden season. As much as we wish the season would go on forever we know that an inevitable killing frost looms around the corner. In recent years tender perennials and tropicals have been...
by Andrew Bunting | Oct 13, 2010 | Garden Plants
This year’s bulb dividend is a wonderful species tulip, Tulipa batalinii ‘Bronze Charm’. This diminutive tulip blooms in May and reaches only four to six inches tall. The flower emerges in a tightly pointed bud and then the petals unfurl almost like a rosebud...
by Andrew Bunting | Jul 14, 2010 | Book Reviews
By John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton New Trees is one of the most significant works on trees to be published in the last three decades. New Trees by John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton is the result of a project endorsed and supported by the International Dendrology Society. ...
by Andrew Bunting | May 18, 2010 | Garden Plants, Happenings
Today is Plant Conservation Day! It was started in 2001 by the AZH, Association of Zoological Horticulture and expanded in 2006 by partnering with the BGCI, Botanic Gardens Conservation International. In 2008, Plant Conservation Day celebrations were held in the...
by Andrew Bunting | May 4, 2010 | Garden Plants
The Gold Medal Award Program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was originally conceived by J. Franklin Styer in 1979. This award recognizes outstanding woody, ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines. Each year the Gold Medal Plant Award Committee, made up of...
