Perennial Garden Design

Perennial Garden Design

Perennial Garden Design By Ruth Gonzalez There’s nothing like a perennial garden! Perennials come back every year getting a little fuller with each season, and they usually have a particular bloom time during the season. Some well-loved perennials are found in many...
Hydrangeas – Summer Beauties

Hydrangeas – Summer Beauties

Hydrangeas – Summer Beauties By Wilma R. Penland The genus Hydrangea contains a wide variety of species and cultivars (at least 75).    Some of the most popular are those in the Hydrangea macrophylla (bigleaf) family. These bloom blue, pink, or shades in between...
Ladybugs Love Aphids

Ladybugs Love Aphids

Ladybugs can control pests naturally.  Did you know? Each ladybug will eat 50 or more aphids per day. If they lay eggs on your plant, when the eggs hatch their larva will eat aphids with great enthusiasm too! For best success with ladybugs:  1) Refrigerate your...
Our Beautiful Earth

Our Beautiful Earth

IT’S EARTH DAY and we are celebrating the beauty and wonder that plants bring to our planet and to our everyday lives! Imagine a world without plants…that’s hard to do because we are surrounded by plants. Just look out the window and feast your eyes on something we...
Spring Pruning Tips

Spring Pruning Tips

Spring fever is here! Keep your seasonal enthusiasm in check and take the time to think through the timing of spring pruning. You don’t want to cut off the very flower buds you have been anticipating all winter. Prune NOW: Prune and fertilize fruit trees before...