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Favorite Seed and Plant Mail Order Sources: From our GGW Contributors

by Fran Sorin March 4, 2009 – Posted in: Miscellaneous

It’s that time of year again when the frenzy of purchasing seeds from catalogs and the pondering about what plants to order from mail-order catalogs grab our attention. So, I asked each of our Regular Contributors at GGW to offer up their ‘best of the best’ sources. Below is the GGW list. Nan Ondra, always [...]

A Love Affair Gone Awry – Why I Won’t Plant Robinia Pseudocacia In My Garden Again

by Fran Sorin August 29, 2007 – Posted in: Garden Musings, Trees and Shrubs

I’m a pretty intense gardener. So when I love a certain specimen, I tend to use it with great abandon in my garden. Such was the case with Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’ and ‘Purple Robe’. I first came across this specimen on a trip to London in late spring, close to two decades ago. I was [...]