Jul 27, 2017 | Garden Tips, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, What's New?
Whether you call them coneflowers or echinacea, these stunning perennial flowers scream hot summer days in a staggering variety of colors. All hybrid coneflowers spring from our native echinaceas found by explorers in prairies and meadows across the country. In the...
Jun 30, 2017 | Garden Tips, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, What's New?
Why Prune? Pruning maintains the health and beauty of your shrubs and trees. Pruning not only shapes a plant to enhance your yard and garden but helps the plant to succeed by encouraging growth, keeping it healthy, and promoting more flowers and fruit. Light – By...
Jun 23, 2017 | Garden Tips, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, What's New?
A good garden is always visually pleasing or exciting. Plants complete the home and might extend the living space to include the outdoors. A garden offers peace, beauty, or fun, a reflection of the gardener’s personality. What more could you want? How about some...
Jun 14, 2017 | Garden Tips, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, What's New?
In this garden notebook, we’ll consider a more natural planting style that uses a play of textures between four different plants and also packs a color punch in the late summer and fall. Evergreens in a line may be easy to maintain and just right for the purpose of...
May 30, 2017 | Garden Tips, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, What's New?
This plan will give you an easy long-blooming display of color all summer and into September. It will also give you an instant cutting garden and butterfly magnet! We’ve chosen plants that are not only beautiful but live well together too. Keep in mind that you...
May 26, 2017 | Annuals, Roses, Shrubs, Trees & Vines, Tips by Topic
Spring weather can take a toll on our gardens. A normal amount of rain is a wonderful thing to a gardener! Each time Mother Nature relieves us of dragging out the hose or filling the watering can it’s another little bonus. Hot sunny days make us rejoice. If the...