Posts Tagged ‘Nathanial Bagshaw Ward’
Nathanial Bagshaw Ward: Commemorating the Inventor of the First Terrarium
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 4, 1868 On this day, we bade farewell to Dr. Nathanial Bagshaw Ward, a man whose seemingly mundane observation of a fern spore in an insect jar would revolutionize the botanical world…
Read MoreJune 4, 2019 Ground Cover Roses, King George III, Nathanial Bagshaw Ward, Katherine Esau, Sarah Martha Baker, Ruth Kassinger, Paradise Under Glass, Planting Peony, and Esau’s Fables
Ground cover roses. I had someone ask me about them recently. They are fantastic for a rose that has a low spreading habit. But, they are really not a true ground covers in that they won’t completely crowd out weeds. I used to grow this rose called “The Fairy,” which is a pink rose -…
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