I grew up hearing that lavender was indestructible. Yeah, tell that to the black, rotten stump sitting in wet clay come spring. Spent blooms won’t produce more flowers. Waterlogged roots can’t breathe. So, once flowering winds down in August, I use this short window to tackle a few important tasks before colder weather arrives. 1….
August is a furnace. Your hydrangeas know it, you know it, and every gardening expert knows it, they just prefer telling you to “water deeply” as if you’ve never seen a garden hose before. Real summer care isn’t a serene weekend chore. It’s damage control. So, let’s get into the seven tasks that will actually…
In our last guide, 12 Fast-Growing Groundcovers That Keep Weeds In Check, everyone fell in love with the dream of a lux pink carpet. But your comments proved reality set in fast: the blooms faded after only a few weeks, bees took over the pool deck, and winter left behind a huge, dull, albeit still…
Bending over to find a hidden cucumber is a great way for millennials to remember they’re not twenty anymore and and spiral into yet another existential crisis. Luckily, for us millennials and anyone who has to live with us, there’s a way to bring those vegetables up to eye level: a cattle panel arch. Done…
Are your summer flowerbeds looking thin lately? Angelonia can fix that, even during the hottest weeks of July. Here is how to fuel the fire. An Annual or Perennial? Check the plastic tag stuck in the nursery pot. If it labels Angelonia a perennial, it isn’t lying, but it is leaving out one brutal detail:…
Tropical hibiscus bud drop is usually a stress response, pure and simple (though pests can cause it too). These plants will give up on perfectly good buds to save their own necks over the smallest change, dropping them onto the patio because the wind blew the wrong way. Among other things. Here’s why those buds…