John E. Posey ASLA

09/28/2018

Retired 2017!

10/14/2017

The city that until recently Italians would dismiss as ‘grey’ is becoming ever more verdant thanks to the creative minds of designers and architects.

10/13/2017

The brainchild of Milanese architect Stefano Boeri, the Bosco Verticale or Vertical Forest uses more than 20,000 trees and plants to adorn the high-rise buildings from top to bottom

09/12/2017

08/29/2017

Ive been growing this for years--its a wonderful plant and very fragrant but INVASIVE so you have to really prune and dig eventually

08/24/2017

Scientific names for plants are essential. Unlike common names, which can vary widely, scientific names allow anyone in the world to know exactly which plant taxon is being referenced. However, scientific names are not set in stone and may change one or more times over the years. Taxonomists don’t m...

08/09/2017

Industrial h**p, which grows in infertile soils, is a potential source of sustainable diesel fuel.

08/04/2017

Vitex negundo is native to China, but is now considered "native" to a large area along the Silk Road through the near east to southern Europe.

06/30/2017

Amelanchier species are known by several different common names including serviceberry, Juneberry, and shadbush or shadblow, the latter two because their spring bloom coincides with shad returning to rivers along the Atlantic seaboard. Amelanchier is a member of the rose family (Rosaceae); taxonomic...

06/19/2017

Looking to introduce more pollinator plants into your garden? Here's a short list of some less well known selections; http://gardenforeplay.avantgardensne.com/?p=6302

05/14/2017