Sometimes you get it right and sometimes, well, Mother Nature has her way. This past spring, I was thrilled with the trial combos I got from Ball Horticulture Co., annuals ...
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Annuals a best buy for season-long color, blooms
Annuals have always been billed as a lot of color for the coin, because their seasonal role is to bloom their heads off, set seed and die. And, even though consumer interest has ...
Fall-planted bulbs bridge the season from spring to summer
You know that gap between spring and summer, when there’s nothing blooming in the garden? It’s after the spring bulbs, columbine (Aquilegia) and Iris have bloomed but before ...
Garden spiders add color and drama to the landscape
This time of year, garden spiders spin their orbs in the landscape. The yellow and black females are larger than the males, more colorful and usually more visible, especially ...
Rose rosette disease is easily spread and fatal
There’s a rose disease showing up in Indiana and it’s deadly. Called rose rosette disease, sometimes referred to as RRD, is a killer, affecting the $400 million domestic rose ...
Ball takes the guess work out of container planting
A common dilemma among some gardeners is trying to figure out what plants go with which ones and what colors look good together, especially combos for pots. Besides a container ...
All-America Selections on display at demonstration garden
I hope you get a chance to visit the All-America Selections Demonstration Garden at the Indiana State Fair, which runs through Aug. 23. Despite the record rainfall, the plants ...
Tips for outdoor living with skeeters
The mosquitos have been particularly bad this summer. Normally a pest early in the morning or at dusk, mosquitoes seem to be everywhere all the time. Some people think they can ...
Get the garden ready for the second season
Go for it! A second growing season begins now! Many seeds will sprout very quickly because the ground is warm and well, we’ve had plenty of rain. What are the second season-crops ...
Plants for the wet areas of your landscape
What with more than twice our normal rainfall the several weeks, we have probable found places in our landscape where water pools or where the soil stays wet. I thought about ...
