Wondering what to do with your coneflower plants after they finish blooming in late summer? Believe it or not, as your coneflower blooms slowly fade away late in the season, it’s actually the perfect time to perform a few simple chores that can have them ready to grow and bloom even better next year! With …
Perennials in the fall
Looking for a few low maintenance, easy care, fall blooming perennials to add big color to your autumn landscape this year and beyond? As the days grow shorter and summer begins to slowly come to an end, many of the early season flowering perennials and annuals that brought so much color and interest to flowerbeds …
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, …
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 …
Fall is the perfect time to divide your existing perennials – and can it ever pay big dividends for your plants, flowerbeds and you next year! Not only does regular dividing play a key role in keeping flowerbeds more manageable, it can also help your plants to bloom more vigorously than ever. Dividing also has …
One of the best ways to keep your perennial plants healthy, strong and vibrant year after year is to help protect them from the harsh conditions winter can hit them with. Unfortunately, although many gardeners worry about subfreezing temperatures harming their plants, it is the additional perils of winter that can cause just as much …