A Heartful of Hydrangeas
Common hydrangeas still evoke memories of lazy summer days, verandas and grandmothers gardens, but today’s new varieties are on the cutting edge. The big news is the remontant varieties – those that will bloom continuously throughout the summer. Endless Summer,...
Calendar Conundrum
For some reason, I'm having difficulty upgrading the calendar selections. I put in the information but it doesn't get posted on the site. So here are two events for the rest of June: June 28 Memphis Herb Society, 6 p.m....
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New Book for Mid-South Gardeners
As a person who collects and disseminates information about gardening, I have a one-word review of the new Mid-South Garden Guide: Wow! Dr. Carolyn Kittle, who wrote and edited the book published by the Memphis Garden Club, did a...
As a person who collects and disseminates information about gardening, I have a one-word review of the new Mid-South Garden Guide: Wow! Dr. Carolyn Kittle, who wrote and edited the book published by the Memphis Garden Club, did a...
Kitchen gardens
Even though we can usually buy all of the fresh vegetables and herbs we need to prepare our favorite dishes, some cooks are compelled to plant kitchen gardens as well. Master gardener Bill Colvard said: It is like having...
Chemical-free rose gardening?
You Bet Your Garden! Mike McGrath, host of the public radio show of the same name, recently provided tips for chemical-free rose gardening and a list of disease-resistant roses to choose from. His primary source for information was Dr. Tommy...
Container considerations
For several years the trend in container gardening has been creating compact landscapes by filling pots with several different plants. The usual formula involves a vertical plant, sometimes called a thriller, to give the tableau height; a couple of...
Even though we can usually buy all of the fresh vegetables and herbs we need to prepare our favorite dishes, some cooks are compelled to plant kitchen gardens as well. Master gardener Bill Colvard said: It is like having...
Chemical-free rose gardening?
You Bet Your Garden! Mike McGrath, host of the public radio show of the same name, recently provided tips for chemical-free rose gardening and a list of disease-resistant roses to choose from. His primary source for information was Dr. Tommy...
Container considerations
For several years the trend in container gardening has been creating compact landscapes by filling pots with several different plants. The usual formula involves a vertical plant, sometimes called a thriller, to give the tableau height; a couple of...
Wonders of a Winter Garden
For Memphian Zoe Nadel, the best time to be in the garden is not early spring when the azaleas and dogwoods fill it with color. Nor is it June when her hydrangeas dot the woodland with their blue mopheads....
Felder's Fine, But Not Fancy, Garden
I happened to park right next to the truck owned by Felder Rushing at the recent houseplant sale at the Memphis Botanic Garden and saw the cute little garden he is now growing in the open bed. Rushing, a...
Low but Not Lowly
Every year the Perennial Plant Association polls its members to find a plant that requires low maintenance, exhibits multi-seasonal interest and is suitable to many climate types to become its Perennial Plant of the Year. The designee for 2007...
For Memphian Zoe Nadel, the best time to be in the garden is not early spring when the azaleas and dogwoods fill it with color. Nor is it June when her hydrangeas dot the woodland with their blue mopheads....
Felder's Fine, But Not Fancy, Garden
I happened to park right next to the truck owned by Felder Rushing at the recent houseplant sale at the Memphis Botanic Garden and saw the cute little garden he is now growing in the open bed. Rushing, a...
Low but Not Lowly
Every year the Perennial Plant Association polls its members to find a plant that requires low maintenance, exhibits multi-seasonal interest and is suitable to many climate types to become its Perennial Plant of the Year. The designee for 2007...
Worm Composting
What friend of the garden is skinny and wiggly? Earthworms, of course. It hard not to smile when you see them slithering in the dirt because you know they are working for you by aerating the soil, providing nutrients...
Privacy, please
Joe Croom of Martin, Tenn., is hoping for help on the following question. We have a boundary of about 400 – 450 feet in a field next to our pond that we want to screen from our neighbors. We’ve planted...
The Cat's Meow in the Garden
Every year the Perennial Plant Association polls its members to find a plant that requires low maintenance, exhibits multi-seasonal interest and is suitable to many climate types to become its Perennial Plant of the Year. The designee for 2007...
What friend of the garden is skinny and wiggly? Earthworms, of course. It hard not to smile when you see them slithering in the dirt because you know they are working for you by aerating the soil, providing nutrients...
Privacy, please
Joe Croom of Martin, Tenn., is hoping for help on the following question. We have a boundary of about 400 – 450 feet in a field next to our pond that we want to screen from our neighbors. We’ve planted...
The Cat's Meow in the Garden
Every year the Perennial Plant Association polls its members to find a plant that requires low maintenance, exhibits multi-seasonal interest and is suitable to many climate types to become its Perennial Plant of the Year. The designee for 2007...
Let Them Eat Cake
A lot of gardeners provide seeds and suet to backyard birds during the winter months, but few make their feeders as attractive as Karen Goss. She created a tiered cake sure to attract the attentions of humans as well...
Christmas Re-Ducks and Other Decorations
Members of the Memphis Garden Club once again turned the Dixon Gallery and Gardens into holiday heaven by takingfull advantage of the hollies, boxwoods, magnolias, cedars and junipers on the 20-acre site in East Memphis. The current art exhibit...
Award Oy Vey
Diane Meucci, co-owner of Gardens Oy Vey in Arlington, received the 2006 Award of Excellence from the Memphis Horticultural Society earlier this week. Meucci, a third-generation gardener originally from Chicago, was praised for the way she selflessly shares her gardening...
A lot of gardeners provide seeds and suet to backyard birds during the winter months, but few make their feeders as attractive as Karen Goss. She created a tiered cake sure to attract the attentions of humans as well...
Christmas Re-Ducks and Other Decorations
Members of the Memphis Garden Club once again turned the Dixon Gallery and Gardens into holiday heaven by takingfull advantage of the hollies, boxwoods, magnolias, cedars and junipers on the 20-acre site in East Memphis. The current art exhibit...
Award Oy Vey
Diane Meucci, co-owner of Gardens Oy Vey in Arlington, received the 2006 Award of Excellence from the Memphis Horticultural Society earlier this week. Meucci, a third-generation gardener originally from Chicago, was praised for the way she selflessly shares her gardening...
Autumn Amazement
As I drive around this city of trees, I am still amazed at the autumn beauty. Just as the glowing embers of our first fall fire warms my body, the oranges, reds and yellows of the foliage stokes my...
Friends of Fairies
Linda Hill built 11 tiny structures in her East Memphis garden in hopes of attracting a few fairies. Like many others, Hill is intrigued by the small, supernatural winged creatures that bring good fortune and mischief to the gardens...
As I drive around this city of trees, I am still amazed at the autumn beauty. Just as the glowing embers of our first fall fire warms my body, the oranges, reds and yellows of the foliage stokes my...
Friends of Fairies
Linda Hill built 11 tiny structures in her East Memphis garden in hopes of attracting a few fairies. Like many others, Hill is intrigued by the small, supernatural winged creatures that bring good fortune and mischief to the gardens...
New on the site
If you have not searched around the site for awhile, take time to go to the Books For Gardeners area. You can now purchase books reviewed or mentioned on the site directly from amazon.com I would love it if gardeners...
How Many Paul Littles?
How many Paul Littles does it take to entertain at a plant sale? At least two. The real one is on the left; that's his effigy in the center. The tie-dyed longjohns on the lookalike are a gift from...
New Horticulture Center
The Memphis Botanic Garden recently dedicated a new building named for one of the Mid-South's more knowledgeable and beloved plantsmen. The Rick Pudwell Horticulture Center is a complex of three greenhouses and a "head house" with offices for Rick...
If you have not searched around the site for awhile, take time to go to the Books For Gardeners area. You can now purchase books reviewed or mentioned on the site directly from amazon.com I would love it if gardeners...
How Many Paul Littles?
How many Paul Littles does it take to entertain at a plant sale? At least two. The real one is on the left; that's his effigy in the center. The tie-dyed longjohns on the lookalike are a gift from...
New Horticulture Center
The Memphis Botanic Garden recently dedicated a new building named for one of the Mid-South's more knowledgeable and beloved plantsmen. The Rick Pudwell Horticulture Center is a complex of three greenhouses and a "head house" with offices for Rick...
Gardening by Computer
You might think that gardeners, by their very earthy natures, would not gravitate to the high tech world of personal computers. That certainly is true of some. I won't name names but all of us know gardeners who wear their...
Cordova Flower Show
The talented members of Cordova Garden Club put on a terrific flower show Sept. 9 at the home of their president Darlene Glissen. Darlene's home was glistening with colorful arrangements including the one she made for the dining room...
"Mad" Potters
It's fun to get your hands dirty especially when you can do it with other people who love gardening. I joined a group of a dozen or so volunteers who meet weekly to re-pot plants at Dixon Gallery and...
Bone-sigh
That's the way to pronounce those little "trees in a tray,'' Fred Nowak told members of the Memphis Horticultural Society about recently. Fred's enthusiasm for the miniature trees of the Orient was so infectious I actually thought of buying...
You might think that gardeners, by their very earthy natures, would not gravitate to the high tech world of personal computers. That certainly is true of some. I won't name names but all of us know gardeners who wear their...
Cordova Flower Show
The talented members of Cordova Garden Club put on a terrific flower show Sept. 9 at the home of their president Darlene Glissen. Darlene's home was glistening with colorful arrangements including the one she made for the dining room...
"Mad" Potters
It's fun to get your hands dirty especially when you can do it with other people who love gardening. I joined a group of a dozen or so volunteers who meet weekly to re-pot plants at Dixon Gallery and...
Bone-sigh
That's the way to pronounce those little "trees in a tray,'' Fred Nowak told members of the Memphis Horticultural Society about recently. Fred's enthusiasm for the miniature trees of the Orient was so infectious I actually thought of buying...
Web site update from Chris
It's been an exciting time since the launch of midsouthgardens.com in mid-July. The site has been visited by more than 750 individuals, most of whom have come back two to three times. Many people have bookmarked the site or added...
Residing by a River
In reading "Last Child in the Woods," a thought provoklng book by Richard Louv, many quotes and passages on the importance of nature in our lives rang true with me. But one was especially on target and should be for...
How do gardeners spell relief?
R-A-I-N, that's how. In Germantown, the rain started as we were eating dinner Thursday night. It's been dry so long I almost couldn't believe I was hearing the sound of water hitting the roof and windows. Would it be just...
Gail's Garden
Gail Banks, president of the Memphis Herb Society, has a country garden and Victorian home in a once rural section of DeSoto County. Her herb garden is surrounded by a iron fence and filled with all kinds of culinary...
It's been an exciting time since the launch of midsouthgardens.com in mid-July. The site has been visited by more than 750 individuals, most of whom have come back two to three times. Many people have bookmarked the site or added...
Residing by a River
In reading "Last Child in the Woods," a thought provoklng book by Richard Louv, many quotes and passages on the importance of nature in our lives rang true with me. But one was especially on target and should be for...
How do gardeners spell relief?
R-A-I-N, that's how. In Germantown, the rain started as we were eating dinner Thursday night. It's been dry so long I almost couldn't believe I was hearing the sound of water hitting the roof and windows. Would it be just...
Gail's Garden
Gail Banks, president of the Memphis Herb Society, has a country garden and Victorian home in a once rural section of DeSoto County. Her herb garden is surrounded by a iron fence and filled with all kinds of culinary...
Basil Bonanza
Basils are available in numerous forms, flavors and leaf sizes. These are a few of the 44 varieties planted at the University of Tennessee Center for Education and Research in Jackson.
Midsouthgardens.com connects with gardeners!
Midsouthgardens.com is less than a month old but it is already getting kudos from gardeners. The site will be changing so check back often and send your suggestions and information about events to chris@midsouthgardens.com Diane Meucci and Wolfgang Marquardt of...
A Garden Filled with Exuberance
Most people have gardens that are visually appealing some of the time. Fewer achieve excitement by the way they select and place their plants. But Cecilia Clanton settles for nothing less than exuberance in her 3.5 acre garden in...
Garden Bones
Bones are on my mind. Not the ones in our body or those we give the dog, but the bones that add form to our gardens in all seasons. In landscaping lingo, bones are structures such as walls, arbors and...
Color ideas from P. Allen Smith
P. Allen Smith, a landscaper, television personality, author and artist who lives in Little Rock, talked about color in the garden on a visit to Memphis. "Color is magical but frightening at the same time," he said as he went...
Basils are available in numerous forms, flavors and leaf sizes. These are a few of the 44 varieties planted at the University of Tennessee Center for Education and Research in Jackson.
Midsouthgardens.com connects with gardeners!
Midsouthgardens.com is less than a month old but it is already getting kudos from gardeners. The site will be changing so check back often and send your suggestions and information about events to chris@midsouthgardens.com Diane Meucci and Wolfgang Marquardt of...
A Garden Filled with Exuberance
Most people have gardens that are visually appealing some of the time. Fewer achieve excitement by the way they select and place their plants. But Cecilia Clanton settles for nothing less than exuberance in her 3.5 acre garden in...
Garden Bones
Bones are on my mind. Not the ones in our body or those we give the dog, but the bones that add form to our gardens in all seasons. In landscaping lingo, bones are structures such as walls, arbors and...
Color ideas from P. Allen Smith
P. Allen Smith, a landscaper, television personality, author and artist who lives in Little Rock, talked about color in the garden on a visit to Memphis. "Color is magical but frightening at the same time," he said as he went...
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