Looking for a few safe, easy and natural ways to keep ants off of the plants growing in your vegetable and flower gardens – and stop them from building damaging nests in the soil underneath? Ants can cause a number of serious issues for plants. When in large numbers, they will cluster on plants, often …
When it comes to finding the best companion plant to grow in your vegetable garden, it is hard to beat the amazing benefits that growing zinnias can bring. Not just for their stunning display of colorful blooms from Spring to Fall – but for how they can help your vegetables grow and produce better than …
One of the best ways you can help protect the plants in your garden and flowerbeds is to attract bluebirds to your landscape. Why? Because they are wonderful at keeping the pests that bother your plants completely under control! Bluebirds are among the most beautiful to observe in nature. Male bluebirds have a cover of …
Not all bugs are bad to have in your yard – in fact, it can actually be quite beneficial to attract a few varieties of insects that help keep your garden, flowerbeds and landscape healthy and thriving. When gardeners start talking insects, it’s usually not a positive conversation. Quite often, it’s about slugs attacking their …
There is no better way to control pest problems naturally in your garden, flowerbeds and landscape than by attracting ladybugs to your outdoor spaces! Ladybugs are one of the most efficient methods for pest control around. Not only do they consume thousands upon thousands of insects in their lifetime, they also feed on the larva …
Looking to attract hummingbirds to your landscape this year? Then it is time to start growing the plants and flowers they love most! There is simply something so incredible about watching a hummingbird fly about and feed. Viewing the tiny bird in action with its blazingly fast wings makes for some of the best bird …
Not only is Ageratum easy to plant and grow, it will fill your flowerbeds, pots and containers with unique and gorgeous blooms from late spring all the way to the first frost! If you are looking for an alternative to the everyday common varieties of annual flowers, ageratum is an excellent choice. Often referred to …
Planting and growing cosmos are one of the easiest ways to provide gorgeous color and interest to your flowerbeds and container plants – from early summer, right up until the first frost! Cosmos are an annual flower that are not only easy to grow from seed, but require little in-season maintenance. With soft radiating blooms …
Growing salvia is a great way to add long lasting color and blooms to your landscape. And all without the worry of attracting deer, rabbits or other pests that often ruin flowerbeds with their hungry appetites. Salvia’s foliage is actually offensive to many animals including deer. As a fellow member of the mint family, it’s …
If you are looking to add beautiful foliage, elegant blooms, and a steady stream of hummingbirds visiting your landscape – consider growing coral bells! The tall, wispy blooms of coral bells are a favorite of hummingbirds. The tiny flowers are perfect for the long, extended beaks of the fast moving bird. But they are also …