Can You Overwinter Tropical Waterlilies?
Tropical waterlilies are spectacular, but not easy to overwinter! Photo: www.aquascape.com From the gardener’s point of view, there are twoContinue Reading
Author: Larry Hodgson
Garden writer and blogger, author of 65 gardening books, lecturer and communicator, the Laidback Gardener, Larry Hodgson, passed away in October 2022. Known for his great generosity, his thoroughness and his sense of humor, he reached several generations of amateur and professional gardeners over his 40-year career.
Thanks to his son, Mathieu Hodgson, and a team of contributors, laidbackgardener.blog will continue its mission of demystifying gardening and making it more accessible to all.
10 Fun Facts About Bulbs
Ill.: www.pinclipart.com & www.freeiconspng.com For most gardeners, fall rhymes with bulb planting. As our other plants go dormant, we canContinue Reading
Nectaroscordum: An Allium Once Again
Garlic honey (Allium siculum) flowers. Photo: ellishollow.remarc.com One of my favorite bulbs is honey garlic (Allium siculum), better known underContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Plants Love Classical Music
Records like this actually sold well in the 1980s. Photo: www.reddit.com This horticultural myth was really big in the 1980s whenContinue Reading
True Grit: Plants That Coat Themselves in Sand
Sand verbena showing pretty flowers and sand-coated leaves. Photo: slandnature.ca No one likes getting a mouthful of sand. That’s oneContinue Reading
Overwintering Rieger Begonias
Rieger begonias. Photo: www.swflorist.com Rieger begonias (B. × hiemalis), often called Elatior begonias, are hybrid begonias, originally derived from a cross betweenContinue Reading
Neonics Seem to Harm Songbirds Too
White-crowned sparrow with a transmitter fixed to its back. Photo: Margaret Eng, www.cbc.ca You’d have to have been well isolatedContinue Reading
Peonies From Seed?
Peonies are slow growing, but yes, you can start them from seed. Photo: palmitersgardennursery.com & www.ebay.ie, montage: laidbackgardener.blog. Did youContinue Reading
Planting Small Trees Saves Big Bucks!
Ill.: www.rock-cafe.info & clipartpng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog The trend in nurseries these days is to sell trees of increasingly large caliberContinue Reading
How to Sow a Low-Maintenance Lawn
A low-maintenance lawn combining grass and clover will require little care. So, you want to put in a new lawn!Continue Reading