Younger gardeners, succulents, eco-friendliness, and “plant parenting” are shaping up as some of this year’s hot trends in gardening. Here’s what gardening trend-watchers say they see in their 2020 compost-stained crystal balls: More gardening… and younger gardeners Interest in gardening continues to grow – and it’s no longer just mainly the over-50 […]
For 30 years, Erica Shaffer was Highland Gardens, that small-but-homey neighborhood garden center along South 18th St. in Lower Allen Twp. She was the face and voice of the business who answered bug and fertilizer questions, yakked about plants with loyal customers who were more like botanical brethren, and spoke to every garden […]
Picking the best plants makes a big difference in whether your landscape thrives or withers. Genes matter. So how do you sort the strong from the weak? One way is to lean on the experience of the experienced. Each year, organizations of growers, horticulturists, researchers, and other plant experts bestow […]
The Pennsylvania Garden Expo has been canceled for 2016 and may be gone for good.
Garden-show-touring can be tiring, taxing and sometimes a tad bewildering – especially in the case of cavernous, cattle-herd shows such as the 10-acre Philadelphia Flower Show. Five gardening and landscape-related shows happen late this month into next within day-trip range of Harrisburg (see the list below). If you’re going to any/all, I thought you might […]
The winter of 2013-14 was the worst in 25 years for plant damage. Here’s a look at the combination of insults that doomed so many of our landscape plants.
Now that we’re far enough into the growing season to see what died from winter and what was merely set back, what do you do now? Here’s a case-by-case rundown…
I get occasional questions about whether rubber mulch is a good idea or not. Research it and you’ll get two entirely different schools of thought. Here’s what I think…
The multiple “polar-vortex” episodes of the 2013-14 winter spelled death for some bug populations, but don’t expect any 90-percent stinkbug kill-offs, as you might’ve heard.
Here’s a game plan on how to cope with winter damage to your landscape.