Time to Clean Up Red Ball Traps
I don’t know about you, but my apple trees are “decorated” with red ball traps covered with Tanglefoot (a non-dryingContinue 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.
Gardens of Light: Spectacular!
I just visited the Gardens of Light show at the Montreal Botanical Garden and it’s absolutely spectacular! Every year inContinue Reading
Plant Now for a Carpet of Blue in the Spring
Sometimes it’s perfectly appropriate to want to impress visitors with beds of large, showy bulb flowers such as tulips, narcissusContinue Reading
How to Plant a Tree without Digging
It’s not easy to plant a tree, a shrub or evergreen in ground where it’s difficult to dig, as inContinue Reading
Salt-Resistant Roses
Question: Do you have recommendations for an own-root rose that would be good for a street front hedge on aContinue Reading
Chives Like It Cold!
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) is perhaps the easiest herb of all to grow, at least in temperate to cold climates. It’sContinue Reading
A Maple With Leaves White as Snow
Question: I have a large red maple that, over the last few years, has started developing some sort ofContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Wait Until Frost Blackens the Foliage of Tender Bulbs Before Bringing Them In
If you garden, you’ve probably heard the recommendation to wait until frost has blackened the foliage of tender bulbs likeContinue Reading
Cold Climate Gardeners: Stick to Own-Root Roses
In just about any garden center, you’ll find roses produced two different ways. Some were produced by grafting: a roseContinue Reading
For Mass Plantings Among Tree Roots
It’s one thing to want to plant a few plants here and there in a tree’s root zone, but quiteContinue Reading