The Pesticide Threat

http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10572

Lots of poisoners in the village.

Licorice Plant

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a584/helichrysum-petiolare.aspx

Makes a good spiller.

Requires good drainage, which can be better supplied in containers versus heavy clay soils.

First toads of 2013

Saw two large toads in the garden yesterday, first ones of 2013.

Lobelia

http://www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?prodid=617

Would love to try this, but concerned that like most Lobelia, it would be short-lived.

Also, the moisture requirements seem extreme.  Similar to Astilbe, a dry plant is a dead plant.

Stinking Iris

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/z710/iris-foetidissima.aspx

Would love to grow this, but it is Zone 6.

Maybe with a little more global warming.

Hypertufa

http://www.plantersplace.com/upload/articles/a-trough-of-ones-own-jul01/

This project has been on my to-do list for several years.

Maybe I can do it this summer.

Garlic Mustard

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/130416.html

Not the most serious weed in our garden by a huge margin.

Wild & Weedy

http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738719078

A Wild & Weedy Apothecary by Doreen Shababy

Looks like an interesting book.

Another Dormant Gardening Blog

http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/

It always makes me wonder when an active gardening blog goes dormant.

First Hummingbird of 2013

There was a male hummingbird working the hanging basket of moss roses last evening.

Runner Beans

http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/3533/plant-some-runner-beans

Some varieties are very ornamental.

Feverfew

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/z960/tanacetum-parthenium-aureum.aspx

All this time, I thought we had the American feverfew, when we really have the invasive European feverfew.

But the one we have is a great plant, a tried and true performer.

We will have to get some American feverfew to go with it.

Another Guerrilla Gardener

Thanks to Elizabeth for sending me this link.

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/17/181691507/how-can-you-give-a-community-better-health

He is doing righteous work.

Blue Heaven

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/d804/schizachyrium-scoparium-minnbluea-blue-heaven.aspx

I never met a little bluestem that I did not like.

And if it performs well in poor soils, we have them.

Jack

http://www.hortmag.com/plants/plants-we-love/jack-in-the-pulpit-a-unique-perennial-for-shade

We love our Jacks, and they do well, spreading by themselves.

We have more now than we have ever had.

Golden Seal Root

http://www.herb-roots.com/roots/goldenseal.html

Would like to try some in the woodland garden.

A Shady Front Yard Garden

http://www.finegardening.com/item/27729/miyakos-shady-front-yard-garden-in-connecticut

Beautiful garden featuring some of my favorites: hellebore, Virginia bluebells, trillium, etc.

Snakes as Predators of Slugs

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/facts-about-slugs-and-how-to-kill-garden-slugs.htm

I would love to attract snakes to my garden, but have had no success so far.

Medlar

http://www.forestfarm.com/product.php?id=7715

Still on my wish list.

Strawberry Spinach

http://parkseed.com/strawberry-spinach/p/05471-PK-P1/

Chenopodium capitatum

A fascinating combo of fruit and edible greens.

Mulberry

http://www.forestfarm.com/product.php?id=3103

Illinois Everbearing Mulberry

Want one.

Martagon Lily

http://www.waysidegardens.com/product.aspx?p=08694&gclid=CJ67taHE97YCFYMWMgodXl0ALA

Would love to have some, but $20 per bulb is a significant barrier.

Schisandra Berry

http://www.oikostreecrops.com/Edible-Fruits/Grapes-and-Vines--/Schisandra--Berry/p-68-140-998/

Shade tolerant, so might be a good choice for a woodland vine in our garden.

Blue Joint

http://www.everwilde.com/store/Calamagrostis-canadensis-Seed.html

"the most frequent grass associate of sedges"

We have numerous sedges but no blue joint.

Have to get some.

Early Amethyst

http://parkseed.com/product.aspx?p=48727&utm_source=PK130502

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst'

Would love to have a beautyberry, but we do not have full sun and we do not have well-drained soil.

Brush Piles

http://extension.umd.edu/learn/wildlife-management-brush-piles

We are doing our part by maintaining a brush pile in the garden.

Lush Landscaping

Thanks to Elizabeth for sending me this link.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/scienceshot-global-warming-at-yo.html

I am in favor of lush landscaping.