In about every garden center in the country, and probably in as many gardens, gold creeping Jenny – aka moneywort – spills from seasonal containers or crawls along the ...
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May 2025 Plant of the month: Petunias
This annual comes in dozens of colors and patterns, lengths, heights and as a bonus, many of them are self-cleaning. I think petunias are kind of like geraniums (Pelargoniumspp.) ...
Is your Indiana garden flooded?
With what seems like a week of record rains and flooding, some of our landscapes may be drenched. You might think, “good, no watering for a while.” Or “oh no, I hope the plants ...
April 2025 Plant of the Month: Spicebush
The northern spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is loaded with special features and there’s even a butterfly named after it. Spicebush has fragrant yellow flowers (photo at top) in early ...
March 2025 Plant of the Month: Daffodil
You just can’t go wrong with daffodils. They reliably return every year and deer, and other wildlife don’t like their toxic qualities. Daffodils (Narcissus spp.) are among the ...
February 2025 Plant of the Month: Monstera
This time of year a lot of us look to our houseplants to quench our need for green. They continue to be popular at garden centers and big box stores. There’s nothing quite like ...
January plant of the month: Asian honeysuckle
Asian honeysuckle fruit and flower. In honor of our resolution to remove an invasive plant species from your landscape, we’ll talk about Asian bush honeysuckle. Planted as an ...
Frozen outdoor containers limit winter options
Late fall’s freezing temperatures disrupted my planting customers’ containers for winter. All total, there were 21 containers that were frozen. One was able to move the container ...
December plant of the month: Green ash
One of the first trees I planted when I moved here was a seedling of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), given to me by my friend Linda. The native tree has served me well, growing ...
November Plant of the Month: Chokeberry
Our native chokeberries are underused shrubs, but they are one of the best for winter interest in the garden. Red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) and black chokeberry (A. ...