The Perennial Plant of the Year® as selected by the Perennial Plant Association (PPA) for 2019 is ‘Hummelo’ wood betony (Stachys monieri) which is a spectacular plant in my opinion …

With only Sunday to go, the first two days of the 2019 Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) Garden & Landscape Expo has gone well. Our booth, after being set-up early Friday morning …

With overnight freezing rain and an icy landscape this morning, dreams of rich, late summer coloration are in order with a tribute to Helen’s Flower (Helenium autumnale)!  Directly above and …

Rotary Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Janesville, Wisconsin was excited to dedicate the new Wellness Garden in 2018!  What is a wellness or healing garden?  There are many definitions but our …

I love seeing gardens in general.  My favorite leisure time activity is not actually gardening…it’s seeing other gardens; large and small and anywhere I run across them.  I enjoy every …

Today was more like April than February but we’ll take what we get as it is over 40 degrees F warmer than a week ago. That “polar vortex” was pretty …

The blog today is strictly about offering some color to get us through the winter doldrums!  All of my photos were taken last July at the Customer Day at The …