The other day, a guest on one of NPR’s talk shows referred to ‘withering weather.’ Indeed, those words absolutely describe the way my garden and the plants in it look. The withered ...
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Recycle plastic and clay pots at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art's greenhouse will accept empty nursery pots for recycling and reuse, 10 am. to 1 p.m., Oct. 2. These reclaimed pots are used by the greenhouse, ...
High grades for a coleus and hardy sunflower in the Indiana garden
Summer is nearly over so it’s time to grade some of the new plants I’ve been trialing this season. Here are two that get an A: ColorBlaze Alligator Tears coleus (Solenostemon ...
Tips for growing mums in the fall landscape
The Hoosier Gardener talks about fall-planted mums Sept. 8 on Indianapolis' Fox 59, and offers tips to help the plants through winter. Here are some tips: Get these ...
Indiana’s dry weather has left cracked, parched soil and crispy plants
Indianapolis has just broken a 113-year-old record for the least amount of rainfall in August. Not since 1897 has it been so dry. Back then, .42 inches of rain fell. This year, the ...
HortusScope posted for September 2010
HortusScope, a checklist of garden and nature related things to do in Central Indiana has been posted. This calendar is compiled by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies as a pubic ...
High heat stresses your bulbs, too
From Scott Kunst, Old House Gardens Friends of Old Bulbs Gazette High heat has plagued much of the country this summer. Some bulbs like it, but others suffer. Dahlias, ...
Indiana lawns have a bumper crop of crabgrass
Crabgrass is sprouting all over the lawn. And, it’s probably worse this year than in years past, even though you applied a pre-emergent herbicide this spring to keep the weed from ...
Indy’s City Gardener program provides answers for new, inexperienced gardeners
If you are a new or inexperienced gardener or a first-time homebuyer and have questions about what to do when in the landscape, the City Gardener program offered by the Marion ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2010
I’m tired and hot from another 90+ degree-day in the garden center. Oh, wait. I wrote that last month! No change in the weather, only intensified heat. Three days of excessive ...