Author Archives: William Cullina

This viburnum’s berries turn a variety of shades, including pink.

North America is home to over two dozen species of clematis, but very few of these are found in gardens. Our native species lack the big, blowsy blooms of the garden hybrids, producing instead demure, understated flowers. To compare the two is to compare a raucous pop song with a gentle fiddle tune. Both are satisfying in their own way, and both have a place in the garden…

While dinosaurs and dodo birds have come and gone, ferns have quietly carried on, requiring nothing from this Earth but a bit of sun and a square of sod in which to sink their roots. Let’s face it, though–ferns don’t …