by Laurel Aiello Shopping for houseplants can be discouraging if all you have are low-light spots for them to live in. Most houseplants are accustomed to sunny, tropical locations rather […]
Category: Seasonal Tips
Dividing Perennials
By Alex Tisthammer In order to keep your landscape healthy, attractive, and blooming, it is important to divide certain perennials. The plants we get asked about the most are daylilies, […]
Spring Gardening Cleanup: Essential To-Dos for a Thriving Garden
- Season: Spring
As days lengthen and temperatures rise, early spring is the time to rejuvenate your garden after the long winter months. Spring gardening cleanup is essential for setting your garden up […]
Exploring Garden Styles for Spring Inspiration
- Season: Spring
By Indigo Deany It’s spring: we creak our gazes upwards towards the sun like a crocus through the snow and begin to itch for life again. Every year, the same […]
Apply pre-emergent in early spring
- Season: Spring
Many of the best lawns are spoiled by a stubborn patch of crabgrass that sneaks back year after year. Crabgrass and annual weeds, including some broadleaf weeds, can be controlled […]
Cool Season Vegetable Gardens
- Season: Spring
Late March is a great time to start planting cool season vegetables. Cool season crops prefer cool daytime temperatures of 60 to 80 degrees, and down to 40 degrees at night. […]
Cut back ornamental grass
- Season: Spring
After ornamental grass has displayed great winter interest to the landscape, it is finally time to cut it back for new growth. Use sharp hedge shears for a clean cut […]
Flowering trees welcome spring
- Season: Spring
Crabapple, redbud, pear, hawthorn and plum trees have a wonderful way of announcing, “Spring is here!” After a long, cold winter, these trees are some of the first to wake […]
Give Your Lawn a Breath of Fresh Air
- Season: Spring
As soon as the soils warms in Spring, it’s a good time to have your lawn aerated. Aeration, which is better for your lawn then thatch raking, will reduce soil […]
Harden Off Greenhouse Plants Before Transplant
- Season: Spring
Ever wonder why you’d need to harden off a vegetable starter plant? This term refers to the acclimation process of preparing a plant to move from warm indoor growing conditions […]