When it comes to fertilizing your climbing roses and keeping them gorgeous and blooming all summer long – a few simple tips can go a long way to big flowering success! It’s hard to beat the elegance of a climbing rose. Whether gracefully growing up an arbor, trailing along a fence line, or meandering up …
Did you know that one of the best ways to get your daylilies to bloom bigger than ever is to give them the perfect dose of fertilizer in the spring? Daylilies are one of the hardiest perennial plants around. Not only can they handle harsh winters, drought, and overly hot conditions with little trouble, they …
Looking for a few tips and tricks to finally gain the upper hand and get rid of those pesky Canadian thistle weeds growing and regrowing in your flowerbeds? No matter if it’s Canadian thistle, Milk thistle, Scotch thistle or the myriad of other thistle types that exist – once the pesky weeds get a foothold …
Looking for a few tips and secrets to protect your home and outdoor structures from carpenter bees – and stop the damage they cause to the wood surfaces on them? As spring arrives, so do carpenter bees. And can they ever destroy the wood on your home, garage, shed or barn. If that wasn’t enough, …
When you plant French marigolds along with vegetable plants in your garden – great things happen. Not only do you fill your garden with the beauty and color of flowering annuals, you also can help protect and power your vegetable plants! Marigolds are one of the most popular annual flowers to grow in backyard gardens …
Are you looking to fertilize your lilac bushes to help them bloom big this year? Or perhaps simply just get them to bloom for the first time – or maybe the first time in a long time? Lilacs are one of the most popular flowering bushes for gardeners to grow in their home landscape. Not …
One of the easiest and best ways to get your pepper plants off to a great start this year is to fill their planting hole with a few simple but powerful ingredients that will not only boost early growth – but set the stage for your plants to produce an amazing harvest this summer! Pepper …
Looking for the best way to fertilize your raised beds this spring – and exactly what to use to re-energize and power up your soil for a great growing season? Raised beds are incredible for growing everything from vegetable plants and herbs to annual flowers, perennial flowers and more. But one thing is for sure, …
One of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to create and make gorgeous containers and potted plants for your patio, deck and patio areas is to pot them up with perennials! Not only are there a whole slew of perennials that make incredibly stunning, low maintenance container plants, they can also be used year after …
When it comes to how deep to plant your tomato plants – most gardeners are quite surprised to find out how far down their transplants should be placed into the ground on planting day – and just how much difference it can make in how well they perform! One of the most important days of …