A Rose By Any Other Name Is Still an Ecosystem

ladybird beetle

Above is a sight that most gardeners never wish to see.  My rose bush had an aphid infestation. Every inch of new growth on the bush looked like this.  I know there are a lot of ways to handle aphids, and I’m not just talking about chemicals (which I won’t use).  A quick blast from [...]

Don’t Go English for Hawthorn

Black Hawthorn thicket near Keller, Washington

My copy of the thick garden reference, The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, has a full page devoted to Crataegus, the hawthorns. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about narrowly endemic northwestern species lately. None of those are in the Encyclopedia, but the book does include several eastern North American species. Here [...]

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