Looking for a way to save those beautiful potted asters you purchased this fall to decorate your home and landscape? Asters are becoming more and more popular for Autumn decorating with each passing year. With deep green foliage and radiating blooms in a wide array of bright colors, their fall blooming cycles add big late …
Looking for a way to protect and save your potted perennial plants from the cold, harsh winter months? Growing perennials in containers and hanging baskets is becoming more popular with each passing year. Whether it’s hostas, daylilies, ornamental grasses, evergreens or everbearing strawberries, not only can perennials provide big interest and color in their pots, …
If you are looking for the best cover crop for your raised beds this fall, look no further than growing oats! Not only are they easy to sow and grow, they are also an incredibly low cost way to help protect and re-energize your soil. One of the most difficult tasks for raised bed gardeners …
One of the best ways to create gorgeous early spring color in your flowerbeds is by planting tulip bulbs in the fall. Especially when you consider all of the amazing choices you now have when growing tulips! There is nothing quite like seeing the brilliant bloom of a tulip unfold after a long, bleak, colorless …
As crazy as it sounds, putting mulch down in your flowerbeds in the fall is actually more important than mulching your plants in the spring and early summer. Not so much for the looks, but for all the benefits it can bring for next year! Mulching flowerbeds before winter might seem a bit out of …
Autumn is in the air, and that means it is time for a little fall daylily care! Fall is not only a great time to clean up your daylilies and get them ready for winter – but also the perfect time to divide, split and transplant plants that have become too large for their space. …
Fall is the perfect time to rejuvenate and recharge the soil in your raised beds. Not only will it help to protect them over winter, but it will have them teeming with power by spring and ready to grow! The spring, summer, and fall garden season take a big toll on the soil in raised …
Looking for a few tips and hints on how to care for your daisies this fall after they finish blooming – including when and how to cut back and divide them? Daisies are one of the most beautiful late-summer flowering perennials of all. Not only do they shower the landscape with their light and airy …
As late summer and fall arrive, it is time for giving a little tender loving care to your hostas – fall hosta care not only helps to spruce up your plants and flowerbeds, it also helps prepare the leafy plant’s root structure for the long winter months ahead. Late summer and early fall are actually …
If your goal is a beautiful flower garden with lots of bees and butterflies flying around from summer to fall, then growing Helenium is the perfect choice for you! Helenium is a great addition to any garden. The flowers resemble those of yellow daisies, but also come in a wide variety of hues including vibrant …