Tag Archives: flowering plants

Rhododendrons: Spring Planting and Care Tips

April 3, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Rhododendrons are never more noticeable than in spring, when they cover themselves with blooms. It’s enough to inspire you to plant more rhodies in your garden. Here are tips for siting and planting these shade-tolerant favorites, plus spring care tips …

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Easy Clematis to Grow in the Garden

April 3, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

If you love the beauty of climbing, vining clematis but pruning them makes you anxious, you need to try the Clematis viticella group. They are simple to tend and disease resistant, too. In fact they’re so easy the Pennsylvania Horticultural …

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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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Natchez Crapemyrtle Stands Apart for Color, Form and Hardiness

March 20, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Virtues: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is honoring Natchez crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica ‘Natchez’) as a Gold Medal Plant this year. Its resistance to powdery mildew, its clean white, heavy flowers and its exfoliating bark set it apart from other crapemyrtles.

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.

Hellebore Care Tips and Propagation, Plus Companions

March 14, 2017 | Meghan Shinn | 0

There are several species and countless varieties of hellebore, including Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), Lenten rose (H. hybridus) and stinking rose (H. foetidus), but their care is mostly the same:

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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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.

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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