A Garden for All
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) on Allium ‘Millenium’ Allium ‘Millenium’ piqued my interest back in May when we received about 20 plants for our annual TBG plant sale. As I have …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Alliums Continue to Shine Read More
Several queens developing in peanut-shaped cells While royal births are rather common fare in the bee yard, to those of us that follow the dramatic highs and lows of the …
The Days of Our Hives: Expecting Royalty Read More
Viceroy butterflies, which are not poisonous, copy the monarch’s colouring to protect themselves from predators. While a bird may not notice the difference, we can easily tell a viceroy from …
How can you tell a monarch from a viceroy butterfly? Read More
I have always been drawn to the simple beauty of eggplants from the nodding flower buds that appear at the base of the leaves to the star-shaped papery blossoms eventually …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Beautiful Edibles Read More
And what better way to share our amazing coneflower collection than with the bees busily working on them. Featured here is Echinacea purpurea ‘Tangerine Dream’ (hybrid coneflower). Echinacea ‘Firebird’ (coneflower) …
Everyone loves a coneflower-with-a-bee-on-it photo! Read More
One of the comments I most frequently hear when I do presentations or lead a garden tour is, ‘‘I want a perennial that blooms all season.’’ Personally, this has never …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Does it Flower all Season Long? Read More
Echinacea ‘Solar Flare’ in the Entry Garden Walk I find it very exciting to watch flower buds develop and emerge through the foliage in the garden. Such is definitely the …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Beauty before Flowers Read More
Their species name alone is comforting. Which would lead one to think that these little bulbs would be commonly admired and grown but sadly, they’re not. I know I sound …
Bulb of the Month: Corydalis Solida Read More
This week’s beautiful, but dark, star in the garden. Last Friday, as I walked through the gardens I was joined by a number of American Goldfinches darting about, a song …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’ Read More
One of the most common questions I hear when I speak about TBG’s bees is, “Do they swarm you?” Of course bees do swarm occasionally, though never at anyone (this …
The Days of Our Hives: Early Summer Swarms Read More