Planning a landscape can be a daunting task. Even just replacing a plant or two can be quite the project. There are so many different plants. Most plants will not work in all situations. There are a lot of things to think about. However, one thing that can get overlooked is adding edible plants into your landscape. This post goes beyond just putting a tomato plant in pot on your…
Read MoreAnnual vs. Biennial vs. Perennial
We will take a quick look at annual vs biennial vs perennial: An annual is a plant that will complete its entire life cycle in one year. There are two groups of annual plants, summer annuals and winter annuals. Summer annuals will germinate in the spring, flower, seed and die by the winter. Winter annuals germinate in the fall, over-winter, flower in the spring, seed and die by summer. Both…
Read MoreWaiting to Plant Annual Flowers
Here we are. There are leaves starting on the trees. Many of the spring flowers are putting on a show. Summer is knocking at the door. We are gearing up for planting our annual flowers for the summer. Before we get to far ahead of ourselves, let us remember that frost is still possible. If your annual flowers are already in the ground, a frost is not the end of…
Read MoreHow Much Bark?
Refreshing the bark/mulch in your landscape can really help to clean up the look of your landscape. One question that we often get is how much bark should I add to my landscape? It is often not as much as you think. Once you have an established landscape bed completely finished, all of the bark that is there is still doing the job that it is suppose to. It helps…
Read MoreEarly Spring Warm Ups
I will have to say that I enjoy the warm weather much more than the cold weather. But as we enter this time of transition between winter and spring, we can only hope for a smooth transition. Early spring warm ups can do quite a bit of damage to plants as they are coming out of dormancy. This is especially the case if we get very warm weather and the…
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