Planting sunflowers in your landscape is like growing your own little slice of sunshine and happiness! Sunflowers are becoming more popular than ever for growing in home gardens and flowerbeds. They are also finding their way into containers and pots to help brighten up porches and patios with stunning color. It really is hard to …
When you plant zinnias in your landscape, you are growing so much more than just a beautiful annual with stunning blooms! Zinnias not only produce loads of colorful, bright flowers, they also bring an entire host of pollinators to other plants in your garden and flowerbeds. Pollinators that help your vegetable garden to bigger harvests, …
Growing ornamental cabbage is a great way to bring unique color to your Autumn landscape. Not only are they perfect for brightening up containers, pots, but flowerbeds too! These annual plants truly are the perfect choice for adding late season color and foliage. Not only can the cabbages flourish in the cool fall temperatures, they …
When it comes to growing the most gorgeous flower pots on the block, a few simple tips can go a long way toward keeping them healthy and blooming all summer long Flowering baskets and containers are a great way to add instant color to porches, patios and decks. But for many, keeping the flowers going …
Nothing will spice up your flowerbeds more than growing a few new unique annual flowers this year. Flowers with blooms and foliage that stand out from the usual, all-too-common bedding plants grown year after year in the same space and place. After all, if variety is the spice of life, growing a few new flowers …
Nothing gives more visual interest and beauty to hanging baskets and container plantings than trailing plants. Long, flowing foliage gives a basket or container a whole new level of excitement. Not only does it create a larger mass to catch the eye, but it also provides great complimentary foliage color to the big blooming annuals …
There is nothing more frustrating than the constant battle to eliminate weeds from flowerbeds. Gardeners spend hours and hours nurturing annuals and perennials to grow and bloom. All while watching helplessly as weeds thrive without any care at all. Weeds are not only unsightly, but steal valuable nutrients from the soil. Nutrients that annuals and …
Autumn is fast approaching, and that means it’s time to divide, replant and save those massive ferns that have been growing wild on your porch and patio! All too often, the end of a growing season spells the end for ferns as well. As early fall approaches, many ferns purchased back in the spring have …
Looking for a way to keep those gorgeous mums blooming longer? Without a doubt, mums are the go-to plant for fall decorating. They add amazing color, texture and vibrancy to autumn displays like no other plant can. But unfortunately, their blooms just never seem to last quite long enough. Especially when you consider how expensive …
Yes, you really can replant hanging baskets and worn out potted plants for a gorgeous second life this summer. And there is a much easier and less expensive way than simply placing into a larger container! By mid-summer, the once beautiful and overflowing hanging baskets purchased in the spring are beginning to fade. The hundreds …
