After all the pyrotechnics of the Fourth of July weekend, I decided to stroll around the garden and see what was booming–I mean blooming–in The Gateway Gardener garden. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After the last slide, click inside the photo to close. (Note: if
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The pace of new perennial introductions by plant explorers and breeders each year is almost staggering. What is a herbaceous perennial enthusiast to do? Is NEW always improved? How does the “latest and greatest” compare to the traditional tried and true? By Bill Ruppert, photos courtesy Walters Gardens, Inc., www.perennialresource,com unless otherwise credited. [An abbreviated version of this article appeared
» Read moreNothing like a good rain to make spring burst forth! And though we all want warmer weather to get here, the cool spring has actually stretched out the spring flowering season. Here’s what I found in bloom in The Gateway Gardener garden over the weekend. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to
» Read moreThe Great Backyard Bird Count takes place next week, February 14-17. I thought I’d get an early start and see what birds were hunkering down in my garden in the week prior. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After the last slide, click inside the photo
» Read moreUsually the dominant color in the late summer/early fall garden is yellow, thanks to the late-blooming power of sunflowers, black-eyed Susans, goldenrod and other garden favorites. But on this day, as I strolled around, I found much of The Gateway Gardener gardens blushing pink! Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move
» Read moreIt’s late May, and The Gateway Gardener Garden has the “blues”–plus, depending upon your interpretation, perhaps more pink, purple or white, but definitely lots of blue! Here are a few blue notes blooming in the garden this month. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After the
» Read moreSeems like we should be talking more about early summer blooms, but here we are on Cinco de Mayo, and it still feels and looks like early spring in The Gateway Gardener gardens. Here’s some of what I found in bloom among the raindrops. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move
» Read moreI took a stroll around our Glendale, Missouri, neighborhood on October 16 to enjoy and photograph the peak fall color. Despite the heat and drought, the colors were out in all their glory, especially the sugar maples! Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After the last
» Read moreWill we get fall colors or not? It’s hard to say this year with the heat and drought. But there’s still a lot to see in the fall garden. I strolled through the Gateway Gardener gardens on October 3rd, and here’s what I found–some stragglers from summer and some classic fall bloomers! Click on any photo to view and click
» Read moreIt’s hot. It’s dry. It’s HOT and DRY! Yet despite the record heat and drought, a quick stroll through The Gateway Gardener’s garden reveals some real troopers surviving and thriving (yes, with a little watering). Here are a few. Click on any photo to view and click on the forward or backward arrows to move through the photo gallery. After
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