In the September issue of Angie's List magazine's Midwest edition, the Hoosier Gardener gets tips from Midwestern gardeners about native bulbs and other ephemerals to plant in the ...
Black Velvet petunia is another show stopper
The Simply Beautiful brand will introduce three new petunias in 2011, each with show-stopping traits. These plants, developed by Ball Horticulture, stopped people in their ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day September 2010
The other day, a guest on one of NPR’s talk shows referred to ‘withering weather.’ Indeed, those words absolutely describe the way my garden and the plants in it look. The withered ...
Recycle plastic and clay pots at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art's greenhouse will accept empty nursery pots for recycling and reuse, 10 am. to 1 p.m., Oct. 2. These reclaimed pots are used by the greenhouse, ...
High grades for a coleus and hardy sunflower in the Indiana garden
Summer is nearly over so it’s time to grade some of the new plants I’ve been trialing this season. Here are two that get an A: ColorBlaze Alligator Tears coleus (Solenostemon ...
Tips for growing mums in the fall landscape
The Hoosier Gardener talks about fall-planted mums Sept. 8 on Indianapolis' Fox 59, and offers tips to help the plants through winter. Here are some tips: Get these ...
Indiana’s dry weather has left cracked, parched soil and crispy plants
Indianapolis has just broken a 113-year-old record for the least amount of rainfall in August. Not since 1897 has it been so dry. Back then, .42 inches of rain fell. This year, the ...
HortusScope posted for September 2010
HortusScope, a checklist of garden and nature related things to do in Central Indiana has been posted. This calendar is compiled by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies as a pubic ...
Carolee Snyder to speak at Herb Society meeting
Herb Society of Indiana, Holy Greek Orthodox Church, 3500 W. 106th St. Carmel. Carolee Snyder of Carolee's Herb farm will celebrate the life of St. Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th ...
High heat stresses your bulbs, too
From Scott Kunst, Old House Gardens Friends of Old Bulbs Gazette High heat has plagued much of the country this summer. Some bulbs like it, but others suffer. Dahlias, ...