With the holiday season now in full swing and Christmas just around the corner, the season of giving is upon us.  Friends and family will surely be craving some gardening goodies for the holidays; like vibrant plants, useful supplies, garden art and trendy trinkets to use now and into the future.  Simply put, all gardeners big or small, young or old, experienced or novice, deserve some…

I often chuckle each November (and now even in October) as I am berated with the daily Christmas advertisements, seemingly earlier and earlier each year.  On my phone, on the TV, in the papers, on the radio stations, via email – literally everywhere.  So here I am (my sincere apologies), talking about Christmas in November!  Please find some…

I thought it might be fun to ride the wave of perennials that we started last week and continue on with another timely discussion, dividing and transplanting.  Think of it this way… how do you get more bang for your buck from these hardy garden treasures?  By dividing them of course!  It is super easy to do and you are simply…

Although we have a few weeks until the official onset of winter, it is always a good idea to think ahead and prepare in the world of gardening.  In our climate we never quite know when that first hard frost will happen.  Some people got…

This magical month of October is coming to a close, accompanied everywhere by the colors of autumn.  I thought it might be fun to talk Halloween this week, and more specifically botanical treasures that make me think of this fun and festive holiday…  

Now that we are in the full swing of autumn, ornamental grasses in our region are starting to strut their stuff.  Instead of “bloom” I get to talk “plume” this week, and they are certainly “pluming” at the moment!  As I walk my own landscape, the many grasses I have planted over the years make me smile and even though they…

Fall is in full swing and as promised, I am going to continue to hug some trees and mention even more lovely examples for fall color.  The “Trilogy of Trees” (as I am calling it) marches on to the beat of autumn, and what a lovely season it is turning out to be!  The trees for today should be…

If you recall, I mentioned a number of larger growing maples last week that have vibrant autumn color.  There are a plethora of other shade trees worthy of landscape consideration, including many with…

Now that autumn has blessed us with its presence, the vibrant colors of fall will be commencing all over our region soon.  Mother Nature will whip out her brush and…