As our journey in the garden progresses into summer, I will continue with even more perennials for pollinators, one last time. This is episode three after all, and everything seems to work best in the form of a trilogy, right? In hindsight perhaps I should have…
Going Vertical With Vines
Going vertical with climbing plants adds visual interest to any garden, providing nice foliage and often ideal seasonal flower power. There are useful vines out there in all kinds of shapes and sizes; some for larger areas and others to use as smaller garden accents, or even as simple container specimens. Whether you are trying to grow on a decorative trellis or obelisk, up a post, along a railing, over a large pergola or arbor, or even naturalize something along a fence line, vines may be exactly what you are looking for…
Now that spring has officially sprung to life, I find myself gazing upwards and admiring flowering trees everywhere. At the garden center, driving around town, walking around my neighborhood, traversing the local golf course… it is impossible not to be…