Few groups of plants epitomize the qualities of delicate color in the summer garden better than the catmints, a group that embraces several genera, including Nepeta and Calamintha. Although I periodically abandon pastels to explore the hues on the wild side of the spectrum, more…
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Garden theft is a growing problem
ONE MORNING LAST SUMMER, June Williams peered out the window of her house in the small Oxford shire village of Cray’s Pond and found that someone had stolen the hedge. The whole hedge 40 feet of well-trimmed, shoulder-high cypress was gone. “I couldn’t believe what…