Mar 18, 2014 | Gardens
Here’s what I’m doing in my garden right now. Some years I do these things earlier in March, and some years in early April depending on the weather. This year I’m working in fits and starts as the temperatures run from winter to spring and back to...
Mar 17, 2014 | Gardens
Now is the time to plan to grow a sunflower forest. These plants are easy to grow from seed and you can tuck them in any sunny spot on your property. Don’t just think about growing sunflowers on the edge of a vegetable garden…plan on planting them in other...
Mar 10, 2014 | Gardens
It’s the planting season, or soon will be depending on where you live. As you make your garden plans for the coming season consider these ten perennials. Perennial List: Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ (yellow hakon grass or Japanese forest grass)...
Mar 3, 2014 | Gardens
Colorful flowers all summer? To take our minds off the still-too-cold weather, I’m posting about ten annuals that you absolutely must know about. Not that they are the only ten…more to come. I love shrubs and perennials, but for me the summer...
Mar 1, 2014 | Gardens
Name: Euphorbia x martini ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Type of Plant: Evergreen perennial plant for full to part sun. Hardy in zones 5 to 9. Why I love this: I love this plant for several reasons. First of all, it’s variegated, variegated, variegated! It’s such a bright, bold...
Feb 20, 2014 | Gardens
Thirty years ago most annuals were planted in lines with the lowest growing in front, the tallest in the back and all others stair-stepped in the middle. Although these bands of color are pretty, garden design has changed and now many people want a looser, more...
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