Plants

  • How to kill a tree

    These are good days to plant trees, you can do it right or you can lay a trap for future… Read more

  • Misadventures with trees

    When Kit first moved into her home 28 years ago there were so many trees that one could barely see… Read more

  • Tale of a Japanese maple

    When I first saw the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum ‘Mikawa yatsubusa’, it literally stopped me in my tracks as I’d… Read more

  • When is a bulb not a bulb?

    Recently a garden group asked me to give a presentation on bulbs. When I replied that I really was a… Read more

  • Good grooming

    Good grooming

    It is a truism that plants, like people, benefit from good grooming. And, as with people, good grooming practices differ… Read more