Many of the hardy orchids can be a challenge to grow, but Chinese ground orchid likely is the most effortless. The pleated green leaves arise from a pseudobulb in springtime with exquisite orchid ...

"Hardy orchids" sounds like an oxymoron to the great majority of gardeners, who are much more familiar with tropical orchids -- though the hothouse beauties actually make up a much smaller portion of ...

When you hear the word ‘orchid’, what comes to mind? Whatever the image, it’s probably not a border perennial. Nevertheless, hardy orchids are the prettiest plants in my garden. Of the world’s 28,000 ...

Surprise. We purveyors of garden wisdom often fail to take our own advice. We’re not unlike the old shoemaker whose wife and kids go shoeless. Apparently, it’s easier to write glowingly about a plant ...

Garden Gems: Kate, a hybrid hardy orchid, thrives in dappled shade with only weekly water. Ellen Zagory This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum’s “Garden Gems” series – 45 ...

Q: I have a question no nursery seems able to answer. I have a patch of hardy orchids in my shaded garden. They are Bletilla striata and, although they bloom well, the long stems tend to get floppy ...

Growth habit: A terrestrial orchid with broad, lancelike, dark green leaves borne on plants growing to 12 inches tall. Leaves appear before the flowers open during spring and die back by fall. Light: ...

Orchids fascinate all of us, and it's not clear what the reasons are. Perhaps we associate them with exotic, lush tropical places, marvel at their mysterious reproduction system that uses microscopic ...

The first year we lived in the country, the most memorable plants were thistles ... and orchids. We bought the land in the winter. Come spring, we were startled to see thistles had crowded out the ...

Every gardener I know, including myself, seems to want what they don't have. Shade, just a little bit, is something I long for. Moving into an absolutely empty landscape four years ago means my trees ...

Last week I wrote about orchids doing best when grown in containers, that confinement does them good. Well, wouldn’t you know it? Just a few days after writing those words I saw a plant I had never ...