by Ilona | Featured Articles, Victorian Gardens
Victorian times were full of plant discovery, of amateur scientific curiosity- and collection of curiosities itself. The Victorian gardens at home and in public reflected this. Accordingly numerous specimens, carpet beds, and various containers and statuary dotted... 
by Ilona Erwin | Featured Articles, vines
This is something of a guide to choosing some spectacular Clematis varieties, and tips on how to grow them well. For further, detailed information on planting or pruning them, Follow links to other pages on this site about the showy, clambering Clematis Big Beautiful... 
by Ilona | Featured Articles, shrubs
Planning A Small Garden: Shrubs You Will Love What makes a shrub qualify as “best small shrub” for your garden? Compact dimensions, for sure, but to add that “certain something”, exciting bloom or all season interest certainly factors into the... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Featured Articles, Garden Design Ideas
Inevitably, as seasons change we see, and lust for, the color focus that picture perfect plantings of fall provide. In Autumn, without a doubt, it is the rich pigment of colorful changing foliage that delights our eye. Even the bountiful blooms of chrysanthemums in... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, Featured Articles, shrubs
Most of thoughts about ornamental bushes gravitate towards those which bloom in the spring. We are in love with the flowers of spring, their fragrance and color. Some shrubs are even iconic of the beginning of our gardening season: lilacs, forsythias, witch hazels....
