by Ilona Erwin | Featured Articles, interesting facts, Landscape Design Know-How
Garden Expert About Vita Sackville-West the strictest formality of design, with the maximum informality in planting English Garden Style English Garden Maven -Rooms and White Gardens If you grow a ‘White Garden, ‘Moon Garden’, or plan on it, you have...
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, garden tales, interesting facts, tulips
Tulips grown from bulbs raised in Holland are the easiest way for even ‘brown thumb’ gardeners to get fabulous spring garden color. Those big gorgeous tulip blooms don’t often recur; a realization brought home in the very next year, or two. This...
by Ilona Erwin | Good Soil, interesting facts, Practical Garden How-To
pH affects your plants. It is a measure of hydrogen ion concentration in the soil and has a scale 0 to 14.
by Ilona | Gardening tips, homegardening, interesting facts
I admit I am slow to try new methods if they do not appear to make a great deal of difference or solve a problem.
by Ilona | foliage, interesting facts, Plants
The hallmark of the season is the falling of autumn leaves. In Ohio, and throughout temperate regions dying leaves are changing color and blanketing the gardens and forest floors. What sort of fun facts on leaves can we dig up? And maybe suggest some entertaining...