Audrey Stallsmith
Audrey is the author of the Thyme Will Tell mystery series from WaterBrook Press (Random House) and an e-book of humorous rural romances titled Love and Other Lunacies. In addition to digging up plots--both garden variety and novel--the former Master Gardener writes free articles on plant history and folklore for her Thyme Will Tell site and posts her photos at GardenPhotographs.net . Audrey also designs hay-seedy stuff and nonsense for her Rustic Ramblings Zazzle store, and indulges in mystery novels, apologetics, cryptic crosswords, old lace, beads, and Border Collies. Follow her on Google.
Smoke Signals: How Fire Prompts Plants to Sprout
How does nature recover from wildfires? Her tricks may help your own seed germination. Read More
Cold Comfort: Growing Cold-Hardy Camellias in the North
Can you really grow camellias north of the Mason-Dickson line? You can at least give it a try! Read More
Saving Seed to Grow Your Own Daylilies and Japanese Irises
Are you tired of paying big bucks for new daylily and Japanese iris cultivars? Why not try growing your own? Read More
Tomato History and Hearsay
Where did the tomato come from? Read More
A Progression of Petunias
What plant offers unbeatable flower power in both newfangled and old-fashioned cultivars? Read More
Pretty in Pinks: Dianthus to Die For
What "divine flower" offers both beauty and scent? Read More
A Sweetheart of a Vine for Your Valentine
What vine wears its hearts on its strings? Read More
You Like Tomato; I Like Jaltomata
What are jaltomatas, AKA sand tomatoes? Read More
A Blue-Eyed Wonder: The African Daisy
What striking flower boasts blue eyes and silver hair? Read More
Mussy Mistletoe and Wickerware Cacti
What cacti resemble a bad hair day? Read More
Classier Calendulas
What plant will bloom until snowflakes fly? Read More
A Nonstop Treat: The Candy Corn Plant
How can you have candy corn all year? Read More
Wheely Different: The Firewheel Tree
What tree blooms red in autumn? Read More
The Fragrant Path of Louise Beebe Wilder
Louse Beebe Wilder seemed to lead the ideal life for a gardener--or did she? Read More
Summersweet's Own Sweet Time
What shrub rises late and blooms after most others have finished? Read More
Orchid of the Desert
What has willow leaves and orchid flowers and grows in the desert? Read More
Shedding Light on Light Requirements
What is partial sun anyway? A sliver of sun like a quarter moon? Read More
Banking on Nanking Cherry
What cherry grows on bushes? Read More
Bizarre Bat Flower
If you like peculiar plants, you’ll go bats over the bat flower. Read More
Franklinia: The Curious Case of the Missing Camellia
The Franklin tree (Franklinia altamaha) is at the center of one of history's most baffling horticultural mysteries. Read More
