Summary: When planning and designing outdoor living areas there are various items beyond plants and the landscaping which go must be considered. Have you considered the sun? As a part of garden planning, designing and laying out an outdoor living area or space, you will want to consider privacy, shelter from sun and wind, convenience […]
Garden Planning Keep It Simple Making a Plan
Summary: Some homeowners make garden planning much more complicated than it needs to be. To create the best garden design plans for your landscape it should be drawn to scale. No need to use fancy computer programs when paper and pencil will do. Question: We bought a new home and want to start planning our […]
Chrysanthemums – Time To Get Mums
Now is the time to order some of the colorful mums you expect to carry into the house by the armful this fall. After checking notes and evaluating the merits of some of the newer chrysanthemums, we can’t help going back to the old standbys we know will withstand our changeable winters. Completing transplanting of […]
Perennials I Grow And Enjoy
Summary: Perennial flowering plants in the garden are the wonderful little “exclamation points” in our landscape. In this article I’ll share some of my favorite perennials we like and can depend on that grow in our front yard, backyard and in landscape garden beds. These perennials are top of my list because… I like and […]
Here’s How To Propagate Tree Peonies
Division of tree peonies is so uncertain and so slow that we must resort to grafting – a specialist’s job if ever there was one – to propagate this plant. Japanese gardeners used to graft peonies on roots of the wild species, suffruticosa, but so much trouble arose from the vigorously sprouting habits of these […]
Coldframe Gardening In May
Summary: Coldframes during May should be filled to capacity with tender material awaking final planting-out in the garden. However, over a greater portion of the area, May will see the end of this phase of coldframe gardening. Hardy and semi-hardy annuals and vegetables should all be in the garden by this time the final planting-out […]
Landscaping On A Budget
Summary: Landscaping on a budget does not mean cheap landscaping or ugly garden designs, it means managing landscape cost and usually means taking more time to complete the patio, driveway, frontyard and backyard landscaping plans, but a tight budget makes the do it yourself landscaper put in the work for greater satisfaction. Money isn’t everything […]
Amateur Plant Breeding
Summary: Plant breeding is not only for the professional. Over many decades plenty of amateurs have found their way into creating some of the most remarkable plants in our house, landscape and garden. DO you have what it takes? The worst that can be said about amateur plant breeding is: (1) it results in the […]
Double Duty Flowers For Summer and Winter Enjoyment
Summary: Garden flowers can pull double duty by supplying garden color in the summer and indoor beauty during the winter serving as a reminder for what is to come when the weather warms up. Question: My mom always grew flowers for color in a backyard garden and dried them for use in the winter. My […]
Tips On Native Plant Collecting, Propagation and Care
Summary: Using native plants in your landscape can be fun. Obtaining plants can take some work, especially if your are collecting them in their natural growing area. Read these tips on collecting, propagation and care of native plants. Question: We would like to collect some natives plants to establish them in our home garden. Do […]
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