I’ve never seen a flower that is so NOT my soul plant like morning glory. It performs best early in the morning, on little food, with just enough water to keep it moving and doesn’t mind cramped feet. The only thing we both agree on is that porch lights are the best birth control. So…
Right about now, our Shasta daisies have finished their first big show and look like half-disintegrated badminton birdies I haven’t touched since childhood. And since it’s about a hundred-degrees-of-hell outside, and I feel pretty much like burnt toast, I’d rather not mingle with plants any longer than necessary. Still, I want that second flush, plantdamn…
Daylilies are one of those plants I love because they don’t ask for much. They bloom like crazy, handle a bit of neglect, and still come back like nothing happened. But once that first big flush of flowers fades, they can start looking a little tired and dramatic. The good news? You don’t need to…
The air feels like a pizza oven, the crickets are laughing at us, and staring at a non-blooming hunk of lantana foliage can drive a person right to the brink. Let’s fix the (potential) disasters now and get those lantana blooms moving before the July sun completely roasts whatever brain cells we have left. Why…
What do you call a plant that blooms better after you starve it, bake it, and chop it back? Core-op-success. Coreopsis is weirdly easy to ruin by being too nice to it. Let’s fix your bootleg tickseed routine before you compost your wallet, even if my dad jokes are already trash. Tip 1: Starve the…
The secret to feeding marigolds for bigger blooms? Knowing when not to do it! So before you reach for the fertilizer, here’s when marigolds actually need feeding, and when they’re better off ignored. Marigolds want to get drunk on sunshine, throw out flowers, make seeds, and call it a life. If you feed them too…