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Petunias - The Classic Annual Flower, Petunia, Gets a Makeover
Petunias are one of the most popular bedding flowers and new types of petunias are constantly being introduced. Here are some petunia basics to guide you through grandifloras, waves, supertunias and more, as well as how to grow and care for your petunias and keep them blooming all summer.
Tomato Foliage Diseases
Tomato diseases are often weather dependent and can spread rapidly. Here are some common tomato diseases, their symptoms and what to do if they attack your tomatoes.
Pruning Clematis Plants
Clematis vines need to be pruned to encourage new growth and more flowers. When to prune your clematis depends on when it blooms. Here are some tips.
Long Blooming Perennial Flowers
Keep your garden in bloom with these perennial flowers that provide a long season of interest.
Cyclamen Plants
Holiday cyclamen plants make great excellent long, blooming houseplants with minimal care. Here are some tips for keeping yours growing.
Easter Lilies - Selecting, Caring For and Re-Blooming Your Easter Lily
Tips for keeping your beautiful, fragrant Easter lily blooming throughout the holiday and perhaps even keeping it growing in your garden.
Strawberries
Strawberries are one of the easiest fruits for the home gardener to grow and one of the most rewarding. Whatever your zone, there is probably a strawberry plant for your garden. Here's how to grow great strawberries in your backyard.
Strawberries - When to Harvest Strawberries and Renovating the Strawberry Bed
Strawberry plants don't live forever. To keep yours producing delicious strawberries as long as possible, you'll need to renovate your strawberry bed.
Growing Vegetables in Containers
Container vegetable gardening allows you to grow vegetables almost anywhere. Here are some tips for growing vegetables in small spaces, with big yields.
Growing Rhubarb
Is rhubarb a vegetable? A fruit? An ornamental plant? It’s a very ornamental vegetable that is usually prepared and eaten much like a fruit. All that and it’s perennial in many areas. Rhubarb is a cool season crop that is grown for its fibrous leaf stalks, which are a wonderful sweet-tart treat. These tips should help you get your rhubarb started right and growing well.
What to Do in the Garden in May
Regional gardening tips for the month of May. May can be the month your garden kicks into high gear or the start of your down season. Here's a "to do" list to keep you organized.
Garden Catalogs - Plants and Seeds
Gardening catalogs are a great way to learn about new plants, tools and supplies. Here is a list of favorites and what they have to offer the gardener.
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History
The book "Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History", by Carol Gracie, is a detailed and stunning look at the fascinating flowers that pop up throughout the northeastern U.S. in spring. (Book review)
Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World
Book review of "Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World", by Bob Gibbons. A beautiful look at 50 amazing places where wildflowers steal the show.
The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers & Plants
Midwestern gardeners looking for a lower maintenance to their gardens might want to take a look at ""The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants", by Charlotte Adelman. (Book Review)
Growing Spinach
Spinach is a cool season crops and can be grown in spring, fall and even winter. Plants spinach every couple of weeks, to extend your harvest. More tips for growing spinach in the home garden.
Roses - How and When to Prune Roses
Many gardeners worry pruning their roses will hurt them. Pruning is actually a good way to keep your roses healthy and blooming. Learn how to do it right, with these tips.
Regional Gardening Guide for April
A regional ‘To Do’ list of jobs to get done in the garden. Spring in the garden is full of tasks that need doing early, to have a great garden later in the season. Here’s a breakdown of what you can get done in the garden in April, throughout the U.S.
Container Gardens - Choosing and Combining Plants for Containers
Growing plants in containers is a great way to keep color exactly where you want it. Here are a few techniques that will help you design beautiful containers and keep them looking good.
Deer Resistant Gardens - Listings of Deer Resistant Plants
If deer are in your area, sooner or later they will find your garden. Plant wisely by choosing deer resistant plants. Use the lists here to help find plants deer don't like.
How to Preserve Fruits and Vegetables
How to preserve fruits and vegetables by drying, canning, pickling and making jams and jellies. Keep the freshness of the harvest by preserving your own garden vegetables at home. There’s a method safe and easy enough for everyone, as well as tips for success and recipe suggestions.
Regional Gardening Guide for March
A regional gardening calender for the month of March can give you general tips on what to plant and what to wait for, but spring in the garden is unpredictable and gardeners will have to use some common sense. Here are some reminders of what you can be doing in the garden, now that winter is on its last legs.
Flowering Plants for Dry Gardens
10 perennial plants that may surprise you with their drought tolerance. While water is crucial to growing healthy plants,these perennials that can withstand periodic dry spells. Sooner or later every garden will experience a period of drought.
No Fruit on Your Fruit Tree?
There are many reasons fruit trees can take years to begin bearing fruit. Home fruit growers need to make sure their fruit trees are given the right care and growing conditions. gardening fruit apple trees home backyard orchard not setting fruiting gardens
How Much to Plant Per Person in the Vegetable Garden
It's time to plan the vegetable garden, but how much should you plant per person? Here are some guidelines for how much to plant, but remember that they're just guidelines. How much to plant depends on a number of factors.