Garden Hedges: Flowering Shrubs 1
Karen When the weather becomes warm spending time outdoors becomes a pleasure. What better way to enjoy the outdoors than having a garden room bounded by hedges. The hedges can define…
Plant Profile: Creeping Polemomium (Polemomium reptans)
The lovely light blue flowers create a magic moment in late spring for a couple of weeks when the foliage takes over and provides the main interest. The leaves are…
Product Review: Ethel Gloves
There are few problems that are worse for gardeners than dirty finger nails and rough hands. Most garden chores end up with hands in the soil or picking up plant…
Three Jasmines for the Garden
Confederate jasmine, poet’s jasmine, Carolina jasmine and star jasmine; they are all vines, have fragrant flowers, and are popular garden plants. When you go to buy jasmine at the local…
Plant Profile: ‘Pink Chablis’ Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Chablis”)
‘Pink Chablis’ spotted deadnettle makes a pleasant ground cover for a shady spot with its white variegated leaves and pink flowers. Its long blooming season from late spring to mid-summer…
Garden Hedges: Evergreen Conifers-2
Evergreen conifers offer many features that make them desirable as a hedge. Their dense covering of needles throughout the year make an effective screen or privacy hedge and can serve…
Plant Profile: Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
If you are familiar with this plant you either live in the northwest United States or know it from the floral trade. A member of the heather family salal is…
Book Review: Vertical Gardening: Grow Up, not Out, for More Vegetables and Flowers in Much Less Space
Space can be a very limiting factor in designing a garden and being able to grow all the plants you want to grow. Growing plants on trellises, arbors, columns and…
How to Identify A Lawn that Needs Water
Watering a lawn is one of the most important aspects of keeping it healthy and attractive. The amount of water a lawn needs varies with many factors including climate, soil,…
Plant Profile: Volcano Phlox ‘Ruby’ (Phlox paniculata)
Garden phlox is a staple of many perennial gardens and this one is a great cultivar to grow. Like most phlox in the Volcano series it is shorter, denser, bears…