I  truly believe that we live in the Golden Age of technology and gardening. Just think about it. With inexpensive flight, we now hav...

The hydrangeas ( Hyd. paniculata ) were in full bloom when Dale and I met Jelena in the summer of 1996. We met her at Hemelrijk, her fami...

Plant breeding starts with an idea. The idea is based on experience in the garden and by asking the rhetorical question – “Wouldn’t it be g...

You migth suspect I do a bit of traveling – but plants have a funny way of traveling around the world too. Sky Pencil, Japanese holly , ( ...

If you subscribe to this blog than you now Dale and I visited with Chris Warner the Oso Easy rose breeder while in England. Getting to his ...

I love the saying “Standing on the shoulders of giants” because it reminds me that most all great accomplishments are built on the people...

In the horticultural world, Dr. Roderick Woods has become famous for his Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon, Althea) breeding. But in his...