South River Source

Faith and Jerry Bange have been growing Day Lilies in their Davidsonville backyard for over a decade. There are winding paths and flower beds that host the Day Lilies as well as fruit, trees, ferns and perennials. They open the garden once a year at peak bloom so that others can get ideas, exchange cultivars [...]

One of the prettiest gardens known to the American Hemerocallis Society is right in a residential backyard in Davidsonville. If that doesn’t mean much to you, you might just be unfamiliar with the scientific name of the daylily, a perennial that blooms in backyards and roadsides from Maine to Florida (gardening zones 1 to 11). [...]

If you’ve passionate about perennials, then we’ve got the event for you. This weekend, Homestead Gardens is hosting its Perennial Pandemonium  – a weekend full of seminars, talks, workshops, food, fun and yes tons of perennials. Perennials shrubs, plants and flowers pop up every spring and summer and die off in the fall. They re-appear [...]

A message from the captain: We been hearin’ word about swag and swill festivities, over there at olde London Town. Just today we got this message via glass bottle from the head of the Mermaid Society: Here ye Landlubbers and Old Salts! The 2012 Historic London Town and Gardens 2012 Benefit is on the horizon. [...]

If you have not been to the Meadows Farms Nursery on Central Avenue in Prince George’s County in a while, you’re in for a surprise. The nursery, located just a few miles west of the Patuxent River Bridge, is now home to Ecoasis Garden Center, a venture of Matt and Donna Ciminelli, owners of Ciminelli’s [...]

It was hot yesterday. Not that I am complaining. The hotter the better as far as I am concerned. For me, it’s a great excuse to get outside, plant some flowers, ride a bike or just sit in the warm sun. Both on Sunday and Monday, the temperatures rose into the mid to high 80s. [...]