Are your summer beds looking a little re-seed-ing? Between the scorching sun, spent blooms, and stems sagging into their neighbors, no wonder things look ready to bolt. I’m going to show you how cutting the right plants back after their first flush can encourage fresh basal growth, tidy up the border, and sometimes bring on…
There are two types of clematis: dead ones and those owned by gardeners who know how to keep them happy through summer. Whichever kind of plant parent you’ve been, you’re here now, so there’s still hope. We also wrote a guide on spring clematis care so you can get the vine off to a strong start before…
Nasturtiums are edible, water-repellent oddballs, famous for making raindrops bead up and roll across their leaves like tiny marbles. They’re keepers. I advise taking a few home. They don’t even expect dinner first. In fact, feeding them too generously is one of the fastest ways to end up with a mountain of leaves and hardly…
Summer’s in full force, and your cosmos are tall enough to swat down drones. Does it look like six-foot radioactive celery? No flowers, just aggressive green entitlement? Or claims AncestryDNA results of 50% Daisy, 50% Shrek? Gotcha. Here’s how to get them back on track. Why Are My Cosmos All Leaves? Your plants look healthy…
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…