The garden catalogs have begun arriving along with the email reminders from the online plant and seed merchants. It’s always so tempting to try another new coneflower, or maybe ...
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Coral-hued plants to celebrate the 2019 Color of the Year
As we move into 2019, trendy gardeners are already thinking of how to work the color of the year in our landscape. The Pantone Color Institute selected Living Coral as the 2019 ...
Live plants for holiday decorating
For the first time in several years, my son, daughter-in-law and grand dogs are making the trek from Colorado to be here for Christmas. That means a Christmas tree for the first ...
Marian University renovates 100-year-old Jens Jensen landscape
After nearly a century of neglect, more than a decade of fundraising and a year of rebuilding, a culturally significant landscape ...
Indiana native plant society co-founder Carolyn Harstad dies in Minnesota
Carolyn Harstad, one of the founders of the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society, passed away July 24 in Minnesota. INPAWS, founded in 1993, celebrates its 25th ...
Lavender and other plants take hit from winter temps
All over the Midwest, gardeners are moaning the loss of several plants. The funky weather, especially those days in January when the temperatures reached 60 degrees, fooled a ...
Fast plants for your racing garden
During this weekend of auto racing, let’s take a look at plants that claim a racy name. First up is ‘Red Racer’ tomato, which I trialed last summer. I received the 6-inch tall ...
Herbs ready for their grilling
The city's biggest event of the year is a week away and the grills are fired up and rarin' for the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race weekend, followed by Memorial Day. A few ...
Ornamental pear trees signal trouble
You've probably been wondering about all of those white-blooming trees we're seeing everywhere. All over Indiana, the ornamental pears (Prunus calleryana) are blooming or getting ...
Many bare-rooted plants save money but maturity is a long time coming
Bare-rooted plants are tempting, especially for beginning gardeners who are attracted by the low cost. Bare-rooted means just that. Small plants are in plastic bags, sometimes ...
