Historic Daffodils
In Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa, daffodils grow wild. Over time, some of these wildflowers - - such as the 'pheasant's eye', N. poeticus, became well loved garden plants. Through the years, gardeners discovered unusual forms of ... [... more]
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The Garden Plants of China
 Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only ... [... more]
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A Contemplation Upon Flowers: Garden Plants in Myth and ...
"The snowdrop, in purest white arraie, First rears her hedde on Candlemas daie;" From an early church calendar of English flowers, ca. 1500 As you pick up spade and shovel and head out into the garden, you might want to offer up a prayer for ... [... more]
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