Flower & Garden Magazine articles from May 1998

Flower & Garden Magazine archives from May 1998

From the bookshelf. (gardening books)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Both beginning gardeners and those wanting a new look can take cues from three books that have recently arrived on the shelves. Margaret Roach offers a month-by-month approach to gardening, suitable for all levels of horticultural...

Staking perennials. (growing perennials attached to stakes)
May 1, 1998... Floppy monardas, sulking in tipsy stance, blot out more well-behaved plants near them. A sudden passing storm ravages a delphinium, and a columbine's delicacy is lost under a daylily's overarching leaves. What this garden needs is...

Healthy gardener. (ticks and Lyme Disease)
May 1, 1998... One of the biggest health One threats to gardeners is actually quite small, not much bigger than a poppy seed. This minuscule menace is the tick, which can transmit Lyme Disease as it feeds. Lyme Disease (LD) is the most common...

Elephant ears. (Colocasia esculenta)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... Of the 200 or so species of plants that in my garden, none garners more comments, compliments or questions than the elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta). This handsome plant has velvety, heart-shaped, oversized leaves that can be 2 feet...

Outsmarting pests in the vegetable garden.
May 1, 1998... Imagine stepping out your back door on a leisurely summer afternoon and picking plump, sun-warmed tomatoes fresh from the vine for a juicy BLT; harvesting a basketful of crisp, dewy sugar peas for a salad; or slicing off a crunchy broccoli...

For love of asparagus ferns.(Brief Article)
May 1, 1998... My love affair began with a visit to a neighboring office. There, a filigree of lacy green foliage filled a window, spilling out over a crisp white curtain in a lovely picture. "Oh," I thought, "I must have one of those!" The window...

Don't be a container abstainer. (using pots for plants)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
May 1, 1998... Potted plants can add pizzazz to the traditional garden Container gardens go far beyond the pot of patio tomatoes or terra cotta strawberry jar. Whether used singly or arranged in groups, plants grown in decorative containers can be part...

Renowned white roses.
May 1, 1998... With their touches of blush or green, these fragrant flowers bring a sense of elegance to any garden. The first roses to bloom in my garden each spring are both white and fragrant: two rugosas, `Blanc Double de Coubert' and `Mary...

Great garden veggies.
May 1, 1998... Remember when gardening used to mean growing vegetables? In recent years, the focus for gardeners has been on exotic and extravagant flowers in artfully designed, immaculately landscaped settings. Good old-fashioned vegetable gardening,...

The fine art of labels. (using plant labels)
May 1, 1998... Plant labels function as our footnotes in the garden. Although practical, reminding us of what is planted where, labels also are expressive of style. They help mark out the garden's concept and organization. They give it history, continuity...