For a lasting impression and year-round interest try evergreen shrubs. We are all familiar with hollies and boxwoods, the classic short hedges, the ones that reliably maintain there deep colors all year long. The reliability of evergreens is great for landscaping because it reduces the amount of maintenance required to keep an aesthetically pleasing garden. [...]
When you buy flower bulbs like tulips and narcissus, they are imported from the best growers around the world and treated to the perfect climate and the perfect care, once you get them you will notice that fewer and fewer will come back year after year. Due to this gradual deterioration when bulbs are left [...]
Here are a couple of real simple tips to keep in mind as you potter around your garden this summer. Watering Your Garden If your climate usually exhibits high humidity, don’t water in the evening, the dew will set and the moisture will not evaporate, leaving your plants moist all night long– may lead to [...]
Because you can plant them at any time of the year, unless the ground is frozen, trees make a great anytime garden project. Trees will be hardier than your herbaceous plants and, once established, will require very little maintainence. I have a few trees to recommend, if you have not tried them already. First, the [...]
Heat Tolerant Perennials It’s getting hotter, and unfortunately there may be a few long periods without rain. There are a few plants that are perfect for those arid spells. These wonderful late-summer plants will bloom right through the hot months of July and August. Many Echinaceas will tolerate a hot dry climate. These hardy coneflowers [...]
Plant a nice tree any time of the year or grow a tropical tree out of sone by planting in a container. Containers give you the freedom to bring those plants in over the winter, and to avoid letting your climate or the time of the year dictate when you get the exotic plant that [...]
If you want to attract Butterflies or Birds this summer, maybe you could try some of these things: Choose a sunny location. Butterflies and most butterfly-attracting plants require full sun. Select single rather than double flowers, because they are easier for butterflies and hummingbirds to get to. Plant nectar-producing flowers of bright colors. Butterflies prefer [...]
The Rainbow Knock Out Rose is one of the toughest of the tought line of knock out roses, with more disease resistance and climate hardiness than any Knock Out rose before it. The most disease-free yet, it is almost completely resistant to blackspot, powdery mildew, and rust. It’s a rebloomer from spring through fall in [...]
With a range of hybrid varieties to rival any plant family on the market, lilies are ever popular and ever stunning. There are so many varieties, with new items available almost daily, that it is hard to pick a favorite. There is a lily for everybody. The name is often borrowed, calla lily, day lily, [...]
Daylilies, known as Hemerocallis fulva by botanists, are naturalized throughout much of America. They are especially hardy in warm dry areas. The orange colored blossoms are often seen along roadsides and in abandoned home gardens during June and July. All cultivated varieties of daylily are edible. Flowers and flower buds of daylilies are delicious and [...]