Growing Portulaca in pots, containers or directly in your flowerbeds can add incredible beauty and color to your landscape – especially when you can keep it blooming strong all summer long! Portulaca, also commonly referred to as Moss Rose, is a flowering annual that produces a flush of mini-rose style flowers on top of a …
When it comes to finding the best potting soil for growing gorgeous, healthy container plants and hanging baskets – the best way to success is to make your own! Making your own homemade potting soil is the perfect way to ensure your soil mix will be healthy, loose and full of the nutrients your plants …
When it comes to growing great tomatoes in containers on your porch, deck or patio, big success starts with selecting the best, most flavorful varieties for small space growing! Whether you have a backyard garden or not, raising a couple of potted tomatoes on your patio is a great way to keep tomatoes close at …
Keeping your geraniums healthy, strong and blooming all summer long doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, with just a few simple care and maintenance tips, you can have gorgeous blooms from late spring right up until the first frost! Geraniums have always been a favorite of gardeners looking for bright, long-lasting summertime blooms. With …
Whatever you do, don’t throw away those overgrown hanging basket plants – not when you can revive and rejuvenate your plants for a gorgeous second life! For many homeowners, by mid-summer, the beautiful and overflowing hanging baskets they purchased back in the spring begin to fade. And it can happen seemingly overnight. The hundreds of …
Nothing brings more interest to the shadier portions of your yard than gorgeous blooming impatiens – especially when you can keep them blooming strong from spring til fall! Impatiens have long been a favorite annual choice for growing in the shade. Whether planted in baskets and containers on a porch or patio, or in shaded …
Growing coleus is the perfect way to add big, colorful foliage and interest to your flowering containers, baskets and flowerbeds. Coleus continues to grow in popularity year after year among home gardeners. What was once a staple of Victorian gardens long ago, this unique plant now finds itself fitting being used in all types of …
Begonias are the perfect choice for adding big color to your flowerbeds, pots and containers, especially when you can keep them blooming strong from late spring to late fall. With their beautiful canopy of leaves, and a wide array of colorful bloom and foliage options, begonias are becoming widely popular once again. And with good …
You might just be surprised how easy it can be to grow an entire vegetable garden in containers – no matter where you live! You don’t need a large backyard or a big garden to grow fresh food. In fact, as long as you have a porch, patio or deck that gets a dose of …
If you are looking for a simple way to grow vegetables, flowers and herbs – all without the space and time commitment a conventional garden requires, a 5 gallon bucket garden is the perfect answer! Container gardening continues to grow in popularity each and every year. Not only does it allow those who might not …