The beauties that graced our gardens and planters this summer will need to be dug up unless one is willing to risk the life of these summer bulbs. Summer bulbs are classified as the less hardy corms, bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes that flourish and thrive during the summer months, such as dahlias, cannas, caladiums, elephant ear, tuberous begonias, tuberoses, gladiolus, and […]

As temperatures drop, the inevitable needs to happen….moving non-hardy plants inside for the winter. Tropical plants, such as houseplants, orchids, ferns, hibiscus, or any plant you intend to keep over the winter, should be moved inside before night temperatures reach 40 degrees.  The colder the temperature that plants are exposed to, the more stress they […]

As long as perennial plants are green, they are producing carbohydrates (food) to be stored in the crown and roots for winter.  Once the foliage turns yellow, and then brown, it is safe to cut off stems and leaves. Each perennial plant goes dormant on its own schedule, so clean-up is not usually done in […]

Harvest season is here and plants everywhere are producing fruits, nuts, and seeds as part of their life cycle. In the landscape, we enjoy the benefits of this fruiting process….the beauty, the food benefits, and the wildlife that feed on the harvest. Some of our favorite shrubs showing off this time of year include: Chokecherry – a 6-10′ tall […]

Hopefully you had the chance to tune into the Garden Spot radio show, Saturday August 5, 2017. Andrea McFarland shared with you several common pests that wreak havoc on our gardens. Here is what she shared: Japanese Beetles: Adults are metallic blue-green, ½-inch beetles with bronze wing covers, while larvae are fat, white grubs with […]