No-Spray Apples
Gardeners are so used to spraying apples (Malus pumila) over and over with all kinds of pesticides (commercial nurseries spray ‘Macintosh’ applesContinue Reading
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How to Choose the Best Bedding Plants
When you’re shopping for bedding plants for your gardens and pots, do you know what to look for? Of course,Continue Reading
Vegetables and Herbs for Shade
The title above is nearly an oxymoron. There really are very few vegetables and herbs that enjoy shade. At the veryContinue Reading
Are Impatiens About to Make a Comeback?
If you’re one of the many gardeners who have bemoaned the loss of the garden impatiens (Impatiens walleriana), driven fromContinue Reading
Discover the Hosta of the Year 2018
Every year, dozens of new hostas are introduced, adding to the thousands of varieties already on the market. The choiceContinue Reading
What to Grow Under a Walnut Tree?
Black walnuts (Juglans nigra) and butternuts (J. cinerea), and, although to a lesser degree, other species of walnut and relatedContinue Reading
Keep Vine Roots Away from Walls!
Whether you let them cling directly to the wall or have them climbing up a trellis attached to the wall,Continue Reading
Matchmaking for Lonely Fruit Trees
Most fruiting trees (and shrubs) need cross-pollination, that is, pollen from another cultivar, in order to produce fruit. Even thoseContinue Reading
When Is It Safe To Plant Out Vegetables?
Gardeners go through the same questioning every spring: when can they sow or plant out vegetables? Of course, most plantsContinue Reading