From early June though July I hear this question. "Is it too late to plant...?" Some ask if it's too late to plant vegetables, others want to know if they can still plant shrubs, annuals and trees in the summer time. For some reason people have a notion that it's OK...

This Weekend Project post is about how to create a new planting area, or garden bed, without digging. Yes, turning the soil over and adding amendments such as compost or composted manure is a good way to start a new garden. That method not only works in the amendments...

I've said it before and I'll repeat it many times: often, plants succeed against all odds. Many of you have poked a stem of this or that into the ground and low and behold, it rooted. We read about ways to propagate various plants, and the use of rooting hormone or...

Peony growers are very familiar with grow-through supports but there's only one problem with these: the plants have to grow through them. Most of us aren't thinking about supporting heavy peony buds when the plants are only eight inches high, and our window of...

In the past I've grouped green pots on my deck, and always loved this look. This year I decided to shake things up by pulling from my collection of colorful glazed pottery. If you have an assortment of colorful pots, have I got a weekend project for you: I also used...

This garden tale lives at the intersection of Myth and Metaphor. Gardeners have long known that ant's do not help the buds to open, but the tale lives on in novels, sermons and daily inspirational guides.  Read more in my book, Coffee for Roses.  

Many love the look of a row of small boxwood shrubs as edging around gardens. Yet in some areas the genus Buxus just doesn't do that well. Be it winter damage, insects or the newly introduced boxwood blight, there are many locations where this shrub doesn't thrive....

There are many wonderful perennials to grow if you want to bring cut flowers indoors. Here are just a few that I grow and love. Of course you'll want annuals for cutting too, but these perennials provide reliable cut flowers whether they are placed in your perennial...

If you want to plant a flowering annual vine to decorate your patio, porch, or balcony, how can you grow it where there is no ground to plant in? Use a large pot or box! Just be sure that that container is as big as possible; I recommend a pot or box that's at least...

I have several perennial gardens and in all of them I leave room for annuals. Annuals typically bloom for a longer period of time than perennials and they provide important bridge colors and textures that can unify beds and fill in areas where earlier blooming...