marigolds

Early on, I longed for all the more pretentious perennials, but now I prefer the tried and true.

All types of marigolds last well as cut flowers, and they are excellent plants for children to grow when they begin gardening.

Many people want a low-maintenance garden, yet no garden is truly low maintenance, but one possibility is an informal garden of easy-care flowering annuals.

For twenty years Henry Mitchell’s column “Earthman” was a weekly feature in The Washington Post.