Amaryllises Love Company

Tovah MartinWhile your garden is slumbering outside in the middle of winter, amaryllises are performing major stunts in your home.Read More

First Peepers – Waltzing Together

Tovah MartinSpring might still be waffling with winter, but the first dance is still staged by a few intrepid early risers.Read More

Iris Harmony: A Periodic Sprinkle

Tovah MartinEver notice those blue blossoms pop from a distance? Especially in spring, when you are woefully weary of wall-to-wall white, you really pick up on blue flowers as you speed by on the street.Read More

Snowdrops: Precocious Spring

Tovah MartinYou’ve been hoping for them. But still, Snowdrops always sneak up on you. Seems as though the snow has scarcely melted (and more might still come) when the Snowdrops stage their brave crusade against winter.Read More

Tommies to the Rescue

Tovah MartinFor all our color-starved neighbors and friends, Tommies are the cure. They need only the slightest hope of sun, and whammo! They are popping up and performing. Some snow might greet them, but a dusting is fine. Tommies soldier on.Read More

Bulbs and Broadened Horizons: The Accent is on Bulbs

Tovah MartinYou already know what bulbs can do in spring. But what you might be missing is all their feats during the rest of the growing season.Read More