For 16 years, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has been evaluating annuals. It has evaluated hundreds and many of them would be just at home in the Indiana garden as they ...
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Get growing with seeds from swaps and libraries
In a tradition that’s been around for millennia, people swap seeds. They willingly share seeds from their vegetables, herbs or flowers with friends, farmers, neighbors and others. ...
2019 winners selected for the garden
The garden catalogs have begun arriving along with the email reminders from the online plant and seed merchants. It’s always so tempting to try another new coneflower, or maybe ...
Coral-hued plants to celebrate the 2019 Color of the Year
As we move into 2019, trendy gardeners are already thinking of how to work the color of the year in our landscape. The Pantone Color Institute selected Living Coral as the 2019 ...
Thank Mother Nature for her gifts
This time of year, it’s good to think about the gifts Mother Nature gives us. The gift of sun heats our bodies and our homes. It warms the soil, swimming pools and ponds. The sun ...
Live plants for holiday decorating
For the first time in several years, my son, daughter-in-law and grand dogs are making the trek from Colorado to be here for Christmas. That means a Christmas tree for the first ...
Flood your holiday with garden books
In Iceland this time of year, tradition calls for the giving of books, a most cherished gift. There’s even a name for the tradition, Jolabokaflod, or Christmas book ...
Fall-blooming crocus yields saffron, world’s most expensive spice
Sometimes you just have to try something new because it looks like fun, you know others who have tried it, it isn’t hard or expensive, and it’s a plant that blooms at an ...
Pre-formed hedges provide instant privacy
There's not a lot of instant gratification in gardening, which accounts for the saying "gardening teaches us patience because you just can't rush Mother Nature. Or so I ...
Science aids retailers’ selling tactics
The research scientists have been watching us, studying what we’re interested in buying at garden centers, how we find it and what we’ll pay. In addition to surveys, three ...