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
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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
Keeping Potted Strawberries Alive Over the Winter
Ill.: www.kissclipart.com & www.greenplumbingnj.com, montage: laidbackgardener.blog Question: At the beginning of the season, I bought a hanging strawberry plant and,Continue Reading
Confessions of a Pot Hoarder
Behind this outer wall of partly cleaned pots are shelves 2-feet wide jammed full of pots of all sizes. Photo:Continue Reading
Discoveries From the GardenComm Conference
Photo: Janet Carson, www.arkansasonline.com Every year for over 30 years, I’ve been attending the annual GardenComm* show and conference, heldContinue Reading