While my grandma was still alive, I remember her often mentioning that she loved growing flowers in planter boxes. Photographs of her garden from the early 1980s reflected her passion and love for planter boxes in the most beautiful way possible. Today, I thought why not have a discussion on pots and planter boxes and…
Quite expectedly, many gardeners are drawn to petunias for the undeniable visual punch. But let’s be honest, a garden overflowing with petunia blooms often comes with a challenging commitment: endless deadheading, precise watering, and fussing over their demands. After years in the garden, I can tell you there are plenty of alternatives with way less…
Let me guess, you eagerly planted dahlias in your garden or pots, expecting big, round, striking blooms, only to be disappointed when the real results didn’t quite match your expectations. Sound familiar? Yeah, I’ve been there, and so have many others who grew dahlias for the first time. Deadheading is made out to be this…
Back in the day, I was that one kid who would cry if somebody picked a flower from my mom’s garden because I believed it was hurting the delicate bloom. Yeah…you can just imagine how hard it was for me to wrap my head around the concept of cut flowers. Anyways, in today’s article, we’re…
Are you trying to grow the best zinnias you can this year? Well, surprise surprise, you’re at the right place…at the right time! Although I don’t have that many zinnias in my mom’s backyard garden today, there was a period of time when we experimented with making zinnias fit in every single corner of my…
An undisputed garden royalty, iris ornaments ancient crests (and graces modern gardens) with regal splendor. Yet, notice its leaves are conspicuously absent from those banners? No coincidence! This isn’t some guarded secret; it’s a call to arms to master the cut, or royally fail to bloom next season. Why Cut Back Iris Leaves? A strategic…