When I help people design home landscapes, a common request is to have something blooming year-round. However, it can be hard to ensure a yard has just the right mix of plants to be perpetually in ...

Right or wrong? Chocolate or vanilla? Ginger or Mary Ann? Some people see a world with clear, sharp divisions. Those folks are the ones most likely to declare they hate variegated plants. But I think ...

Someone recently showed me a photo of one of her plants, hoping to learn its identity. The picture was fine, and so was the plant -- a variegated tapioca bush (Manihot esculenta). The gardener was ...