When evaluating a plant species, its cultivars and its future potential, I like to start by growing all the available cultivars in our tes...

I've seen a lot of plants in the last five days; I've been in Portland, Oregon visiting nurseries and gardens. This is a great area ...

It was quite evident that there is a lot of shrub breeding going on in Europe. It appears that the trend in shrub use continues to grow in E...

Having been in Belgium and the Netherlands the last week I have a back log of 7200 emails to get through. Still I promised to share some n...

Clethra has long been one of my favorite plants. I’m a sucker for fragrance and few plants pack more olfactory punch than Summer Sweet (...

I just completed a short trip to the East Coast with stops in Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The expedition was both...

You can find new plants in the most unusual places and you might be surprised that some are right under your nose. Most likely you pass the...