Video Wednesday: Late Winter Blooms

This jazzy video from Meadows Farms garden centers youtube collection is a good round-up of what is blooming in late winter/early spring here in the Mid-Atlantic.

Winter - Early Spring 2012 Issue Now Out

The Winter 2011- Early Spring 2012 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine is printed and mailed. Current subscribers should have it in their mail boxes shortly (if not arrived already.)


In this issue:
~ All About Local Green Roofs and Walls
~ Top 10 Plants for 2012
~ Visiting Baltimore's Rawlings Conservatory
~ Growing Radiant Radishes
~ A Prison Yard Transformed
~ A Glossary of Garden Terms
~ Heavenly Heaths and Heathers
~ Hurray for Native Hepaticas
~ The Secret to a Weed-Free Garden
~ A New Invasive Insect Pest
~ Best Berry Varieties for our Region
~ and much, much more


To subscribe for the full year for $20 starting with this issue, do so by March 15. You can buy the individual from us by sending a check for $5 postage included. Send a check to "Washington Gardener" to Washington Gardener, 826 Philadelphia Ave., Silver Spring MD 20910. You can also subscribe online via PayPal using this link.

Win Tickets to Orchids Galore! at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens

For our February 2012 Washington Gardener Magazine Reader Contest, Washington Gardener is giving away two sets of four passes each to Orchids Galore! at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, VA. Orchids Galore! runs from March 10 - April 22.

Hundreds of orchids will dazzle the senses with color, fragrance and beauty throughout the Garden’s Conservatory. Discover how orchids traveled from native habitats to become a popular fixture in many homes, including tales of plant explorers who traveled far and wide to collect these enchanting plants. Learn about current issues related to conservation and saving wild orchids threatened with extinction due to habitat loss and over-collection.

To enter to win one of the four sets of two passes (valued at $40), send an email to WashingtonGardener@rcn.com by 5:00pm on February 29 with “Orchids Galore” in the subject line and tell us: what is your favorite orchid. In the body of the email, please also include your full name and mailing address. The winner will be announced and notified by March 2.

Video Wednesday: The Story of the Green Zebra Tomato

Barbara Melera of D Landreth Seed Company shares the story of the Green Zebra tomato during her recent talk at the Washington Gardener Magazine Seed Exchange at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA.

Early Season Bloomers for the Mid-Atlantic ~ Washington Gardener Enews ~ February 2012

Open publication - Free publishing - More flowers

Washington Gardener Enews ~ February 2012

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

~ Early Season Bloomers for the Mid-Atlantic

~ Magazine Excerpt: Radiant Radishes

~ Washington Gardener Magazine 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show Tour Details

~ Mid-Atlantic Garden To-Do List for February-March

~ Reader Contest: Win passes to Lewis Ginter's Orchid Show

~ Washington Gardener's Recent Blog Post Highlights

~ Spotlights Special: Columnar Fruit Trees

~ Top Local Garden Events Calendar for February-March

~ Washington Gardener Magazine Back Issue Sale!

and much more...

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day

 In bloom February 14, 2012m in my garden on the Washington, DC/Silver Spring, MD border -- zone 7A (was 6B) :


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'February Gold' Daffodils

 

Crocus

Not pictured: Pansies, Hellebores, Primroses, and Winter Jasmine.
So what is blooming in YOUR garden today?

Video Wednesday: Florist Behind-the-Scenes on Valentine's Eve

Thought you all would enjoy this one-minute video of a long-time, local florist business. I took this footage the day before Valentine's to go with this story I wrote from the Silver Spring Patch that is posted here.