winter blooms Archives

Saving Summer: The Indoor Garden Encore

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 4, 1994 On this day, garden writer Barbara Pleasant finished writing her article about extending summer’s joy through winter by bringing our beloved bedding plants indoors. The article appeared in the Montgomery…

Frost and Fantasy: Challenging Henry Bright’s Winter Garden Blues

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 5, 1874 On this day, as frost kissed the dormant gardens of Lancashire, the English merchant and author Henry Arthur Bright put quill to paper, recording a rather bleak observation about winter…

A Southern Belle in Bloom: Alabama’s Love Affair with Camellia japonica

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 26, 1959 On this day, dear devotees of the garden, we find ourselves transported to the heart of Dixie, where a horticultural revolution was quietly taking root. For it was on this…