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 ...
Hoosier Gardener
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
February garden checklist
Indoors General Landscape Vegetables and Fruits ...
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 ...
January garden checklist
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 ...
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 ...