Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants ...
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Guilt-free orchids
Orchids used to be very expensive and certainly not readily available at grocery stores or garden centers. Today, blooming orchids are a commodity and they can be found about ...
December garden checklist
Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut ...
Out of season blooms
Several people have commented about forsythia and magnolias and other spring or early summer flowering trees and shrubs blooming this fall. Even as I write this, there are patches ...
Spring bulbs and companions
My favorite thing to do in fall is plan for spring by planting bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs, especially with companion perennials. Look at where your perennials are and see ...
Three great plants for fall containers
Three great plants for fall container gardens: Mustards for Fall Cold tolerant, colors range from pinks to greens and purples, making them good to mix with pansies, snaps and ...
Willburn tackles tropicals and Norris celebrates nature in new garden books
New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris, Cool Springs Press, $30, hardcover When I edited a bunch of magazines ...
Book reviews: Plant partnerships in the garden
Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty by Lisa Mason Ziegler, Cool Springs Press, soft cover, $21.99. Ziegler started her plant career in the florist ...
Garden coaching reveals Indiana landscape problems
Coaching stints reveal common problems in Indiana landscapes. Plants too big for their space is one. But there are others. Here are some things to keep in mind when working in your ...
TV Flowers Steal the Scene
Throughout the year-plus of Covid-19, practically anyone who gave us the news was televised from homes, vacation spots and about any place but a studio. They were in what looked ...
