Focus on Flowers
Hosack realized the need for a public garden as a research facility for medical scientists and their students.
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening gardening created and hosted by master gardener Moya Andrews.
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Here are some interesting quotes... And a bit of advice: We are all so eager to have flowers on our gardens again, that we are susceptible to all of the plant offers that bombard us. But it really is too early to start ordering plants. January is too soon! -
Lindsay was the Grande Dame of gardening in a time when ladies did not have professional careers. -
Do you wait until Twelfth Night to take down the Christmas tree and holiday decorations? -
The English colonists in Virginia used mistletoe to decorate their homes and their churches during the Christmas season. Mistletoes are evergreen parasitic plants with small leaves, yellowish flowers and waxy white berries. -
Jewel orchid's foliage guarantees a handsome house plant even when it is not in bloom. -
A favorite house plant of many people is the hoya, an epiphyte vine that is commonly called wax plant. -
Now that we have had our first frosts in the Midwest, I am thinking about what to plant next year. -
Succulents are commonly known as "neglectable plants" for their ability to thrive in otherwise inhospitable conditions of little water and sunshine. -
Hyacinths were first found growing in Asia, but because of the efforts of Dutch growers, there are now many varieties in the genus “Hyacintha.” Most bloom in the spring from bulbs planted in the fall. -
Common garden sage, Salvia officinalis, is a staple in the herb garden and a plant for all seasons.
