Miss Floribunda: How to sow the seeds of success
Dear Miss Floribunda, I have just finished reading Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens by…
Miss Floribunda: Outwitting the weather
Dear Miss Floribunda, Although I was interested to find out in last month’s column that the Department of Agriculture has…
Miss Floribunda: Veggies, valentines and vittles
Dear Miss Floribunda, I read in a recent issue of Washington Gardener that the Department of Agriculture has rezoned us…
Miss Floribunda: Cacti, kitties and Christmas color
Dear Miss Floribunda, My granddaughter just bought a condo that has an oriel window facing east. I think it would…
Miss Floribunda: Jardinage nouveau
Miss Floribunda is currently away, visiting her sister Polyantha in France, and suggested that we republish a column she wrote…
Miss Floribunda: Rake it or leave it?
Dear Miss Floribunda, I came to the talk by Kathy Jentz [editor of Washington Gardener and author of Groundcover Revolution]…
Miss Floribunda: A hot topic: moaning about mowing
Dear Miss Floribunda, When I was a child, I saw my grandfather collapse from heat prostration one summer afternoon when…
Miss Floribunda: Mulling over mulch
Dear Miss Floribunda, Because of a dry spring season and now long stretches without sustained rain, I’m using a lot…
Miss Floribunda: Harboring hummingbirds
Dear Miss Floribunda, I recently moved from a cul-de-sac near Driskell Park to Madison Street and like my larger garden….
Miss Floribunda: Down with hogging hedges!
Dear Miss Floribunda, I empathize with the person who wrote to you last month asking for suggestions for a hedge,…