Miri’s October Gardening Chores
You know those loooong lists of “What to Do in the Garden in Name-that-Month”? I see them everywhere but I’d rather know what real gardeners are really doing – to help me home in on the really important tasks at…
Meet Miri Talabac
***April 2021 Update on What Miri Talabac is doing now: Miri is working with the University of Maryland Extension as a consultant. The University of Maryland Extension has been working on updating their website for a while now. Here is…
Espoma on Growing in Containers
Behnkes has long been a supplier and FAN of Espoma’s line of (mostly organic) products and were happy to discover that their high standards for video production, as well. We posted their video about container gardening in our e-newsletter and…
How Rain Gardens help the Chesapeake Bay, and How to Create Them
How Rain Gardens help the Chesapeake Bay, and How to Create Them Development in Maryland and Virginia has exploded in recent years and we have witnessed the conversion of rural areas to urban. This conversion has created…
Chili Cookoff Report
Saturday we hosted our third officially-sanctioned Chili Cookoff at our garden center in Beltsville. Fifteen chili cooks competed in a juried competition to pick the best chili. The cooks started setting up at 8AM and by noon, pots of…
Falling for Dogwood
You may be wondering ‘Why write an article about dogwoods now? Why not wait until spring, when they are in their blooming splendor?’ Dogwoods are typically known and beloved for their beautiful spring flowers. But dogwoods have another season of…
Meet Master Blogger Susan Harris
Susan Harris co-founded the popular national team blog GardenRant in 2006, and it’s been winning awards and press attention ever since. More recently, she created two nonprofit resources – DCGardens.com about gardens and gardening in the DC area, and GoodGardeningVideos.org…
Fall-Blooming Asters
My favorite season is autumn. The weather is cooler, the sun shines abundantly, and I love the autumn colors of red, yellow and orange… and blue, purple and pink. Yes, that’s right, blue, purple and pink, and you can add to that magenta, rose, red-purple, royal blue, lavender and sky blue. These are all the true colors of autumn here in the United States due to one of our most glorious and prolific wildflowers, the aster.
A Walk on the Wild Side – Part 4
An Explorer’s Journal of Native Plants in the Landscape Great Falls National Park – September 9 & 11, 2010 On the 9th, I’m back on the VA side this time to revisit the River Trail, to see what the season…
Fall-Blooming Anemones: Late Color for the Shade Garden
Once called Anemone japonica, Anemone tomentosa, and a few other species, the various plants offered in horticulture are now considered to be hybrids of several species, and the official name for most of them is Anemone x hybrida, followed by some catchy cultivar name like ‘Honorine Jobert’.
Lawn Foods at Behnke’s
We all want the beauty and satisfaction that comes with a lush, dark green lawn. But we want to obtain it without the use of potentially harmful chemicals.
Dendranthemum: Truly Hardy Chrysanthemums from our Perennial Department
Nothing says ”fall is here” better than a couple of mums at your front door, although you will have to bend over and listen closely to hear them.