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Spring Ephemerals: Tips for Gardening with These Magical Plants

March 28, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Ephemeral plants are those with a short growing cycle; they produce leaves, stems, flowers and fruits in a brief window when the weather is just right. As perennials, they then sit dormant until their next growing period, the following spring. …

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Pruning Crapemyrtle: How, When and Why

March 21, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Pruning crapemyrtles can confound gardeners because there are plenty of bad examples lining the streets of the South (and beyond, with the introduction of hardier crape myrtle varieties). Here are the best strategies for pruning crapemyrtles to encourage better bloom, …

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Yellow Hellebore ‘Spanish Flare’ Lights the Way for Spring

March 14, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Virtues: ‘Spanish Flare’ hellebore is a uniquely colored yellow hellebore that offers pale yellow flowers with dark purple accents in earliest spring. Hellebores are treasured for their tendency to bloom when most other plants are dormant.

Western Sandcherry Is Adaptable, Ornamental and Edible

March 7, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Virtues: Pawnee Buttes western sandcherry offers a unique growth habit, growing as a low, wide shrub that serves as a groundcover. It is highly ornamental with its heavy spring flowering and its bright fall foliage. Western sandcherry produces fruit that …

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Protecting Plants During a Winter Warm Spell

February 28, 2017 | Jennifer Smith | 0

Q: What can I do in the winter to protect my plants during a warm snap?

Reuse Coffee Pods as Seed-starting Pots

February 21, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Single-serve coffee brewers are convenient, but the used plastic brew cups seem so wasteful. We’ve heard of gardeners giving these pods a second use: seed-starting containers.

2017’s Award-Winning Roses for the Garden

February 14, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Roses in the vase are lovely, but roses in the garden are better still. To choose which variety to plant in your garden this spring, look to these award-winning roses.

This Seed-starting Tip Makes Transplanting Easier

January 30, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Don’t sow your seeds without thinking ahead to the day you’ll transplant them into larger pots or into the garden. Here’s a seed-sowing tip that will make those tasks easier:

Repot Cactus Plants Without Getting Pricked

January 23, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Are cacti on your list of houseplants that need repotting? Or maybe you’re planning a midwinter trip to your favorite greenhouse, where you’ll pick up a bunch of prickly plants for a desert dish garden. Here are tips to repot …

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2017 Hosta of the Year

January 17, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Virtues: Since 1996, the American Hosta Growers Association has singled out one superb variety each year to help nursery owners and gardeners alike choose among the hundreds on the market. Winning hostas are good growers in all regions, widely available …

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ZZ Plant: the Houseplant You Can’t Kill

January 10, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Virtues: The ZZ plant makes a bold statement in any room with its upright stems lined with stiff, dark green leaves. It thrives on benign neglect, putting up with uneven watering, cool temperatures, dry air and low light. The ZZ …

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