perennials

Favorite Top 10 Scented Plants Perfect in the Garden

June 2, 2017 Guest Blogger Submission 1

Favorite Top 10 Scented Plants Perfect in the Garden Beautiful flowers are a must in every garden, however those that are fragrant are even better. […]

7 Gardening Rules of Thumb For New Plants

August 26, 2016 Guest Blogger Submission 0

7 Gardening Rules of Thumb For New Plants Sometimes it’s the tips and insider information that comes from experience that are the best ideas when […]

10 Easy Summer Gardening Tips

July 1, 2016 Guest Blogger Submission 2

10 Easy Summer Gardening Tips After gardening for over 30 years I have a few tips for how to maintain your garden without taking too […]

Plants with Fall Color

October 31, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

Plants with Fall Color This post on fall color is a guest blogger submission. I’m so fortunate to live in an area where the roadside if full […]

Pruning Perennials: Fall or Spring?

September 18, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

Pruning Perennials: Fall or Spring? Do you cut back your perennials every fall? Maybe you’re a neat and tidy person, who cannot stand the idea […]

Hardy Succulents: Growing Sedum

September 10, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

Hardy Succulents: Growing Sedum A while back I wrote about sempervivum, hardy succulents, commonly known as hens and chicks. These pretty succulents work well in […]

7 Out of the Ordinary Shade Perennials

August 14, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

7 Out of the Ordinary Shade Perennials I have a good deal of shade on my property. My home was built in the mid-eighties so […]

Dividing Plants 101

June 17, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

Dividing Plants 101 When is less more? It’s when you divide your plants of course. We have been dividing our perennials for years. Our kids […]

6 Perennial Vegetables you Plant Once and Enjoy Forever

April 3, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

6 Perennial Vegetables you Plant Once and Enjoy Forever Our little asparagus patch has grown dramatically. We can’t keep up with the plants when they […]

A Peony Portfolio: in the Garden

March 7, 2015 Guest Blogger Submission 0

A Peony Portfolio: in the Garden If you held a gun to my head and made me pick one flower as my favorite it would […]

Why Winter Sowing Perennials Works

January 28, 2014 Dan Ashbach 2

Filled with native perennial seeds, these little greenhouses are waiting for spring. Winter sowing perennials has been around for several years now, and is a […]

Fall Gardening Tips

October 8, 2013 Dan Ashbach 2

Fall, the clash of the atmospheric titans, Winter and Summer is well underway. In the northern latitudes the we are on a weather rollercoaster. Cold […]