Many gardeners are not comfortable calling plants by their scientific name. Perhaps it is the uncertainty of saying the name correctly, or perhaps just trying to get their tongue around the multiple ...

Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) may herald the arrival of spring with its early blooms and unique ability to melt snow, but it's yet another smelly disaster that will quickly turn your garden ...

When to wet the block is another debatable point. A base of fatsia leaves, stapled phormium stems, pittosporum was completed with white chincherinchee, white phalenopsis, hellebore foetidus, ...