How to Prepare the Soil for a Vegetable Garden
Karen Preparing the soil for your vegetable garden is one of the most important things you can do to ensure good crops. Your plants can only reach their potential if the…
Garden Journal: May, 2011
May has been a good month for gardening. The weather has been cool and rains have been abundant. True, we had some down right cold days with more than enough…
Plant Profile: Stargazer Lily (Lilium hybrid)
You probably first saw a ‘Stargazer’ lily in a flower arrangement, either a fresh one from the florist, or in a picture of a fashionable living room in a home…
Plant Hybrids for the Home Garden
If you like plants you are probably enjoying the benefits that hybrids have to offer. The bright colors of petunias, the long bloom period of veronica ‘Sunny border Blue’, the…
Plant Profile: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoraci)
This herbaceous perennial is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes broccoli, alyssum, and stock. It’s origin is obscure but it is believed to be native to…
Name This Plant Game: Foliage Shrubs 5
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
How to make a Plan for your Vegetable Garden
One of the important steps in having a successful vegetable garden is making a plan showing the vegetables you wish to grow and where they will be located in the…
Plant Profile: Caladium (Caladium bicolor)
The large showy leaves of caladiums are always a big draw especially if you have a shady area that needs color. The plant grows 12-20″ tall and has leaves that…
Five Fabulous Ornamental Onions (Allium spp.)
Growing onions might be something you associate with the vegetable or herb garden since chives, leeks, shallots, scallions and garlic are culinary sort of plants. The genus name for onions,…
Plant Profile: Arugula (Eruca vesicaria)
How about some bite to your salad? Grow arugula, a member of the mustard family. It is not related to lettuce but is frequently in packages of musclun seed as…