An informed, yet personal take on natural gardening in Indiana and other dirty topics.
Indoors Keep poinsettia in dark for 15 hours a day for eight to 10 weeks until red bracts begin to show. Houseplants may drop leaves, especially if they spent the summer outdoors. This a natural reaction to reduced light. Water indoor plants less ...
Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night temperatures fall below 55 degrees. Gradually decrease light to acclimate plants and help ...
Japanese anemone (A. huphensis) populates the garden with beautiful flowers atop wiry stems from mid- to late summer. The first one I planted was ‘September Charm’ because September is my birth month. It’s still growing and producing pink flowers along with ...
Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and wax begonias to winter over indoors. These are called herbaceous cuttings. Root the cuttings in media such as vermiculite, perlite, peat moss or planting soil instead of water. Keep ...
Among the gazillion hydrangeas on the market, our native smooth hydrangea (H. arborescens) remains the most reliable bloomer in our Indiana garden. This year, all hydrangeas have been exploding with flowers for weeks. The straight species smooth hydrangea ...
