When I worked fulltime at a garden center, one of my jobs was watering the plants. It was kind of a mindless, peaceful, relaxing job, cursed by hauling heavy hoses that kinked and ...
Archives for July 2016
Let’s take a peek at our neighbors’ midsummer gardens
Let’s pretend we’re in a drone, buzzing some Indianapolis-area, midsummer gardens to see what’s going on. Immediately observable: Plants seem bigger and more lush than ...
Sweltering summer heat? Time to think about spring bulbs
Yes, I know it’s still July, but now is a good time to be thinking about next spring’s bulbs. Why is that? Because now is the time to order bulbs from online and mail-order ...
Consider Sugar Shack buttonbush and Sun King aralia for the landscape
There are some shrubs that I’ve lusted after for several years, such as a buttonbush and witch hazel. The drawback has been that these plants are huge, 8-12 feet ...
Slow flowers: Local growers celebrate American Flowers Week
Just like slow food, there’s a slow flowers movement that promotes growers and florists who embrace and market blooms and branches grown in their area, region or country, as well ...