Expect some controversy on a blog named Gardenrant. Our posts on hot topics are sometimes unexpected, even politically incorrect!
Who will replace Monty Don as presenter on Gardener’s World? Well, it’s likely that you don’t care much in America, but perhaps you should. It’s one of those ‘has to [...]
Smithsonian, you’ve done it again. I usually find the best articles about plants and gardening in publications that do not restrict themselves to gardening content. This one is from September, [...]
“You must visit my friend Mary; she's a plantswoman.” I'm a fairly placid sort of chap really. I do what I do and I'm largely happy for the world around [...]
Nandina 'Burgundy Wine' along the front of my house - in January. Other evergreens are Osmanthus 'Goshiki' and Carex 'Ice Dance'. I recently welcomed visitors to my townhouse [...]
Well, look who’s thrown his famous hat in the ring of the often-contentious discussion around pollinators and native plants. It’s Friend of Rant Allan Armitage, the author of Herbacious Perennial [...]
Readers of the Washington Post, including me, have followed Dana Milbank's thoughtful, left-leaning political commentary for years. So what a surprise to read a recent column chastising himself - and [...]
Oakleaf Hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) is my favorite hydrangea, and this one in my back garden seriously bowls me over in every season. But it's more than a beauty pageant winner [...]
Gardening is a noble profession. It probably won't make you rich unless you get one of the handful of 'top jobs' that pay very well; ironically these are jobs where [...]
What are your numbers? From garden bloggers to your 15-year-old niece, one’s social media following has become a statement of self. At a recent trade show, I was introduced to [...]
Anyone who follows me on Instagram (@bensbotanics) will probably have come to the conclusion that I'm a bit of a 'plant nerd'. I'm writing this article in the spare bedroom [...]
Readers in America will have to forgive me some of this. I understand you have many 'invasives' and many people only wish to grow native plants. And I think many [...]
I have taken liberty with Stephen Stills’s 1970 song Love the One You’re With. The singer-songwriter, deep in the weeds of love, was working through an anguished relationship and [...]
