Among the choice company of hardy shrubs with winter bloom, none is more pleasing than Viburnum fragrans. During mild weather the flower buds expand into 2-inch clusters of the delightfully fragrant pink flowers. This may be as early as January, but more often it is in March and April. The blooms are amazingly hardy and […]
Archives for February 2011
Orchids In An Apartment
When we tell our friends that we grow orchids they look at us with pity. as if to say, “It’s only temporary insanity – they’ll get over it.” For we are not country dwellers blessed with a greenhouse and the ideal conditions supposedly necessary for growing these exotic plants. We live in a New York […]
Coldframe Gardening
Coldframe gardening allows you to get a head start on spring by adding heating equipment to your coldframe this month. Any one of several methods of supplying heat will turn your coldframe into a hotbed. Both a coldframe and a hotbed are constructed in the same way but they are set up and operated differently. […]
