With Indiana’s cold-one-day hot-the-next weather, many spring blooming bulbs have broken ground early. Bulbs planted close to sidewalks, driveways and foundations ...
2013 Spring Garden Clinic
The Hoosier Gardener will review blue flowers in the hopes of squashing the notion among some that there are not blue flowers for the garden. Her talk, I Guess That's Why They Call ...
Online resources help gardeners learn about bugs, plants, birds and more
As we prepare (at least mentally) for the great spring warm up, I thought I’d share some online resources that can help you identify bugs, weeds and other pests, ...
Fake peregrine deters human, but not furry and feathered creatures
My neighbors’ dog goes berserk at the site of squirrels, including the one that lives in a nest in their back yard tree. In the hopes of deterring the squirrels, they mounted a ...
Variegated foliage perks up the landscape
If you are tired of all-green leaves here are four plants with beautiful variegated foliage that spark up the landscape. Annual ‘Alaska Mix’ nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) has ...
Emily Daniels honored in annual horticulture symposium at the IMA
A visit to Emily and Gil Daniels’ gardens, perched over White River in Crows Nest, was usually just a phone call away. But her death Nov. 30, 2012 at 82 and Gil’s move to Ohio ends ...
You Can Grow That! January 2013: Stachys ‘Hummelo’
Some time ago, a colleague asked me to help identify a perennial in her garden. It had square stems, low-growing leaves and several 12-inch stalks topped with dense, pink-lavender ...
HortusScope for January 2013
Here's HortusScope for January 2013, a checklist of garden and nature related events compiled as a public service by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies. Please click on the link below ...
New Year’s wishes for gardeners in 2013
Happy New Year! Hope is at the center of the gardener’s soul. We hope the seeds will sprout. We hope the plant will bloom. We hope for tasty tomatoes. We hope for better ...
Is your Christmas tradition in a pickle?
Decorating the home with holiday greenery is an ancient tradition. A tribe of Germans, called Teutons, brought cut conifers indoors along with other sacrifices as part of a winter ...