How to Grow Perennials from Seed
There is still time to sow seeds of many perennials to provide plants for next year’s garden. If you have a cold frame, you will have space after annuals and
Landscape
Balanced Diet For Your Lawn and Garden
What is a good lawn and garden fertilizer? There have been many answers over the years, but from the frequency of weed-choked lawns, dead trees and shrubs, disease, and insect
Mulch For Better Plants
Thick layers of mulching materials lessen the need for weeding and cultivating, conserve moisture (reducing the need for watering), and gradually build up soil fertility. And they effectively lower the
Gray Walls and a Green Thumb
Three years ago, the possibility of growing anything in a bed of cinders would have needed more interest for Bill Robinson. Then, he was a get-down-on-the-knees type of gardener who
Off-Beat And Uncommon Edgings For The Garden
Who says every garden bed must be edged with military rows of prim, plump marigolds or ageratum? There are several uncommon but equally decorative edging plants and dozens of vegetables
Grow Your Own Mulch
It doesn’t take much space to raise an abundance of mulch. Then, as the various garden crops are harvested, just plant the idle ground in a mulch crop, even late
Experience Shares The Top Flowers for Flower Boxes
Over several years, we have watched the ebb and flow of the flower box tide in this flower box city. We have some suggestions for what we have found, partly
Watering Keeps the Sparkle in Summer Gardens
Do spring’s incessant showers bewitch you into thinking that midsummer will be just as kind to your garden? For most climates, drought in varying degrees of severity is a certainty
Does Your House Need a Lift?
The tree or shrub in the right place will give your house an Iift. Likewise, thought given to the selection and grouping of the plants you use on your property
Large Bloom Hybrids Of Hibiscus
The common rose-mallow or hibiscus has always been one of the showiest perennials, but recently new hybrids have been developed with blooms of larger size and clearer colors. These new