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The Wild Flower Sanctuary’s Maintenance Program At the Wild Flower Sanctuary and Nature Center at Greenwich, Connecticut nature is to remain almost wholly undisturbed, consistent with good conservation. This includes much more than maintenance of roads, paths and trails and making some of the wilder sections more accessible by new ones. It also involves intelligent [...]

A Fairy Story – The Rose of Many Uses “A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE,” the quotation insists, but one rose refuses to be typed. I mean of course ‘The Fairy,’ which while quite definitely a member of that family, is many other things too. Not everyone has room or time for roses, [...]

We all keep looking for “new” shrubs, when very few of us have, or even know, all the “old” ones. Here are two blooming shrubs which are well worth a place in any garden for their flowers. Weigela Bristol Ruby, rich glowing red, blooms so profusely that the whole shrub is covered with flowers. It [...]