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Chestnut Rose – Rosa roxburghii

Published May 7, 2014

Chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii) is a fine old rose. Chestnut rose is tough, reliable, and recommended primarily for gardeners interested in historic or old roses. The…

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Camellia Frank Brownlee

Who was Frank Brownlee and why is a camellia named after him?
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

A testament to Wright’s commitment to both architecture and the land.
Papavar somniferum – Common Garden Poppy – Southern Gothic

Rare in my garden are annuals, their uniform sameness unrelenting through summer. The common poppy is an exception …
Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ – Sweetshrub

Named after the city of Athens, Georgia, this yellow-flowered sweetshrub is a rare beauty.
Acer rubrum – Red Maple. Life begins with the Samara

The red maple, Acer rubrum, is one of the great native trees of eastern North America. It can …
Magnolia grandiflora – Musings on the Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora is a big tree and somewhat out of fashion these days. If a gardener has a …
Ryan Gainey’s Garden

Looking like a character straight from the pages of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the man …
Yellow Flag Iris & What We (Don’t) Know About Climate Change

Most if not all of the people denying climate change exists really don’t know, yet they plant the …
Baptisia australis – Blue False Indigo

Finally, I took a good photograph of blue false indigo by taking a picture of a bee for …
Euphorbia cyparissias – Cypress Spurge, Armitage and mousetraps in the UGA Test Garden

I didn’t steal any of the Euphorbia, but the Mariana ferns over at the Institute of Ecology were in constant …