Some plants are nearly perfect and fothergilla is one of them. I’ve grown two Fothergilla gardenii – ‘Blue Mist’ and the species. The first one was ‘Blue Mist’, a dwarf ...
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May garden checklist
Indoors Move houseplants to a shady location outdoors when danger of frost has past, usually mid-May. The soil in the pots will dry out faster outdoors, so check it ...
Plant of the Month: Columbine
Frankly, it’s hard to see or hear the word columbine without remembering the deadly shooting in Colorado in 1999. Rather, I like to think of columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) as ...
April garden checklist
Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants, as needed.Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions.If not done already, sketch garden plans, including ...
Plant of the Month: Potato
Potatoes are easy to grow in the ground or in grow bags like Smart Pots. What we plant is called a seed potato. It looks like a regular potato, with eyes and everything. These seed ...
Plant of the Month: Epimedium
As I write this, it’s -3 degrees with a wind chill of about -15 degrees. This unseasonably freezing weather mid-January puts a lot of our garden plants to the test. One that scores ...
March garden checklist
Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants as needed. Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, ...
February garden checklist
Indoors General Landscape Vegetables and Fruits ...
Stokes to focus on commercial sales
Stokes Seeds, with operations in Holland, Michigan, and Thorold, Ontario, Canada, has switched its business to commercial pricing only. Stokes Seeds, founded in 1881, no ...
Plant of the month: American beech
One of the showiest plants in winter is American beech (Fagus grandifolia). Those are the trees with coppery leaves that catch the light in the dead of winter as you drive along ...
