Wondering how to know when to start your vegetable and flowers seeds inside at just the right time to grow the perfect sized transplants for your garden and flowerbeds this year? If there is one thing that many gardeners struggle with in late winter, it’s knowing when to pick the best time to start their …
If you are looking for a perennial to grow next year that can give you all season blooming power – then you need to see why planting Blanketflower is the way to go! When it comes to creating a stunning, low-maintenance garden that bursts with color all summer long, Blanketflower is a perennial plant you …
Looking for a few simple tips and tricks to save your coleus plants and keep them alive through the winter to grow again next year? More and more gardeners are growing coleus with each passing year – and all over their landscape. With varieties that can grow foliage in a seemingly endless rainbow of bold, …
Looking to create the perfect fall compost pile – and have loads of incredible compost ready for all of your planting needs next spring and summer? When it comes to getting your garden and flowerbeds to produce and grow better than ever, compost is the answer. Whether mixing it into the planting holes of vegetable …
Before you head out to start picking out all of those big beautiful mums for fall decorating this year, there are a few simple secrets to know when buying that can help you really get the most out of your purchase – not just when it comes to how much you spend, but for how …
Looking for a few quick tips and tricks on how to best fertilize your begonias this summer to keep them full of life and loaded with big blooms all the way to late fall? Begonias are a classic flowering annual that are often grown for their colorful foliage and ultra-bright blooms. In recent years, they have …
Did you know that summer is actually one of the easiest and best times of all to divide overgrown daylilies? Not only can you rejuvenate and revive tired, worn out plants, you can also create all kinds of new starts to fill your flowerbeds with even more flower power! Daylilies are one perennial that can …
One of the biggest secrets to keep wave petunias blooming big, bright and beautiful all summer long is knowing just how, when and what to fertilize these massive flowering annuals with all throughout the growing season. Wave petunias are a hybrid offspring of the standard petunia plant. First introduced in the 1990’s, the Wave variety …
Looking for a few simple and easy way to save your struggling hanging baskets this summer? For many gardeners, the arrival of summer also signals the beginning of the end for their hanging baskets. Their once lush plants that were covered in hundreds of blooms just a few weeks back are suddenly now sporting only …
Wondering how to fertilize your impatiens this summer to get them to bloom bigger and brighter than ever? 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 flowerbeds around the home, they add a burst of color …