The wind has returned, after a summer of unusual stillness. It’s clearly a fall wind, as the first of the leaves start to turn (only the...

I have two favorite fall flowers. The first is echineacea ­– purple cornflower – because it always makes me laugh, with its orange cone...

After losing all my echinacea last winter, I’m delighted my new plants are blooming well this year. There’s something absurd about the...