horticulture myths

Lithops in the snow

It’s Online, so it must be Correct

With the advent of A-I, finding accurate horticultural information on-line has become even more challenging, so we thought we’d take time to explain which type of on-line sources you can trust and which you probably shouldn’t. Let’s begin by breaking down gardening websites into information sources levels. From most to least trustworthy, those include: Primary

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Lysimachia lanceolata 'Burgundy Mist'

The Legend of Burgundy Mist

In 2022, Lysimachia lanceolata ‘Burgundy Mist’ hit the native plant market with great fanfare. Here was an ornamentally improved version of the Eastern North America (Wisconsin south to Florida) moist meadow native, Lysimachia lanceolata (aka: Steironema lanceolatum), from the folks at Tennessee’s GroWild Nursery. The linear-leaf foliage of this selection takes on a burgundy cast

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Fakeocasia

Hey Eye, It’s A-I…the Era of Horticultural Con Artists

As the late marketeer of fake entertainment, David Hannum, once said, when referring to a P.T. Barnum knockoff of his own fake “Cardiff Man”, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” That saying is never more true with the countless fake plant images popping up on Internet sales sites. Although they’re not the only site, the

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Conservation Sense and Nonsense

Conservation Sense and Nonsense – Invasion Biology

Earlier this year, my friend, former Garden Rant columnist, Carol Reese, told me about a California blog, Conservation Sense and Nonsense, written by Sierra Club conservationist, Mary McAllister. In her thought provoking blog, Mary calls out those who engage in ethnic profiling of plant for the purpose of discrimination, something about which we have voiced

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Lithops aucampiae

Mythops – The Art of Living Stoned

Every year, we post photos from our years long experiment growing the African native lithops (living stones) in the garden. Our success underscore our contention that so much of the information you find on-line and in books, is simply incorrect. As we’ve discussed in the past, lithops are much more winter hardy than is generally

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