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The Autumn Shuffle: Tips for Overwintering Those Tropicals

The Autumn Shuffle: Tips for Overwintering Those Tropicals

By Marianne Willburn|2018-10-25T13:41:49+00:00October 25th, 2018|

Peering out of the windows of my office, I see the two-story blackened, shredded tips of a hardy banana (Musa basjoo), and I am reminded of the work to be done this week to its less hardy cousins. Is it really that time already? Musa basjoo, the night before frost. In my weaker [...]

A Tropical Response to Humidity

A Tropical Response to Humidity

By Marianne Willburn|2018-02-20T20:41:04+00:00August 5th, 2016|

Humidity. It’s separating the men from the boys right now. Only last weekend I was forced to deride guests for scuttling back inside during a deck party. The key word I was trying to impress upon them was of course ‘deck’ – but this did nothing to shame them into compliance. For that matter, [...]