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 ...
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September Garden Checklist
Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night ...
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 ...
August garden checklist
Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and wax begonias to winter over indoors. These are called herbaceous cuttings. Root the cuttings in media ...
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 ...
July garden checklist
Indoors Keep an eye on houseplants that have been set outdoors to make sure they are watered properly. Hot summer breezes can quickly dry them out. Propagate houseplants ...
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 ...
June garden checklist
Indoors Houseplants will need more water and fertilizer during summer growing period. General landscape Prune spring-flowering shrubs within a month after blooms fade. ...
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 ...
