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Annual of The Year 2020
The Proven Winner “Annual of The Year” for 2020 is the “Diamond Collection’ of Euphorbias, and our favorite from the collection is ‘Diamond Frost’. We have been using this white and airy annual for years because of its great season long performance. Tough and...
2020 Perennial Plants of The Year
Each year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a perennial of the year, and the winner for 2020 is…. Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’. Aralia is a leafy, deer resistant perennial that can get quite large. It grows to a height of 4’ each season resembling a small shrub,...
Is it time to replant you houseplants?
Is it time to replant your houseplants? How do you know? The plants will tell you themselves. Some obvious signs that it is time to replant are… 1 – You have not freshened the soil in the last year. Remember that house plants are in a contained environment. The only...
Planning For Landscape Consultations
This is the perfect time of year to get ready for spring landscape consultations. Are you planning on adding a new garden area? A patio to increase your usable outdoor living space? Do you need a retaining wall? This is the time of year to be scheduling a landscape...
Pruning Fruit Trees, A few Basics To Consider
It may seem like an odd time of year to be pruning, but this is the time you should be attending to your fruit trees. This applies to edible fruit trees as well as ornamental. Here are a few reasons why you should be pruning now. 1 – The best time of year to prune...
Three Ways To Get Garden Ready For Spring
During the winter months we gardeners suffer a little here in the northeast. Without beds to watch over and plants to monitor a gardener can get pretty restless. However, this time of the year there are things you can do so that in the spring you are ready to dig in!...