You can’t just put any plant wherever you like. The better you can figure out the conditions you’ve got and match plants that suit that, the less trouble you’ll have with dead and struggling plants. That’s not always, though… even for the Governor’s Residence staff.
Never water a garden? Jenny Rose Carey built a “dry garden” that she hasn’t watered in years… yet it’s thriving and blooming. Here’s her secret…
I have no good answer for the question, “How big does this plant get?” It depends. Here’s a look at what to make of this sticky plant-picking issue.
I told you last week that there really are some super plants out there that meet just about all of the conditions we demand these days (four-season interest, no bugs, no disease, low care, tough in heat and cold, etc.) So which ones are they? I could rattle off dozens, but for your […]
If your landscape looks pretty barren once the leaves drop for the season, take a look at these ideas on plants that actually look their best in winter…
One of the down sides of suburban-development living is that homes tend to spill into one another, leaving many a homeowner wanting some kind of privacy plantings. Straight lines of arborvitae are the usual choice, but that’s not the only — or best — idea…
Don’t have a green thumb? Little or no time to garden? These are the plants for you.
Widespread under-confidence… planting the same old plants over and over again… winging it with the maintenance… switching to perennials only to find they’re as much work as annuals… these are some of the top issues I run into in my travels around central-Pa. yards. Some thoughts on those and more…
One of the toughest times to have a good-looking yard is that period between when the flowers are petering out for the season but before bright fall foliage revives everything. This column offers some tips on how to garden in The Twilight Zone. Doo…DOO…doo…doo. Doo…DOO…doo…doo.
It’s not all about the bloom color. Lots of plants have wonderfully colored foliage.