The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer

The Evening Garden: Flowers and Fragrance from Dusk Till Dawn

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer This book came out in 1993, and the subtitle is Flowers and Fragrance from Dusk Till Dawn. This book reveals both the history and science of the night garden. The topic of night-blooming plants has always fascinated gardeners. For example, newspaper articles…

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August 7, 2019 Queen Anne’s Lace, Andreas Marggraff, Henry Perrine, MS Swaminathan, Henry David Thoreau, John Ruskin, The Evening Garden by Peter Loewer, Mulch, and Lucy Cranwell of New Zealand

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There’s that lovely saying that goes something like, “One man’s weed is another man’s wildflower.” This is especially true in the case of Queen Anne’s Lace.   In the Facebook group for the show, listener Danny Perkins shared how much he enjoyed allowing Queen Anne’s Lace to reign all over in his garden. I feel…

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