The roadsides appear bare as I walk on this late autumn day. Temperatures are cool and along with the lessened amount of daylight, the season is advancing toward winter. In front of me, off to the ...

The temperatures are dropping, the trees are putting on their annual color show, and Halloween is less than two weeks away. October is on full display, both in nature and in people’s homes. While I ...

Q: A pod like a small vanilla bean appeared at the top of my clematis vines last summer. The seeds inside look like pine nuts. Are they clematis seeds, and if so, how do I plant them? A: The beanlike ...

The Clematis that delight Alla Olkhovska the most among the 120 or so types she grows are not the familiar, large-flowered hybrids, as extravagantly beautiful as they are. It’s the small, less ...

My most successful have been daphnes, shrubby clematis, peony, and a Cistus called Pink Silk. I also have two young Chinese dogwood plants grown from seed. I value the several Pink Silk cistus (rock ...