This is a lovely little plant, something of a short lived perennial but certainly one for the blanket term of "Cottage garden" which considering it was introduced into Europe around 1596 would have been at a time when the "cottager"... [more]
A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking, the monkey jumps all around the place. The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them.
Then he grabs some... [more]
This is another lovely combination for growing en mass and taken from my Savill Gardens scrapbook.
In the foreground is the black lilyturf, "Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens" which is a hell of a gobfull for such a small plant. It is however... [more]
You couldn't make this up!
BEST LAWYER/INSURANCE STORY OF THE YEAR,
DECADE, AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY.
This took place in Charlotte North Carolina A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive... [more]
