Raised beds are a great option for gardeners but how deep do they really need to be? The depth of a raised garden bed is an important factor to consider because it can greatly impact the health and productivity of your plants. The true answer to How deep do raised gardens need to be ...
A narrow wall-mounted shelf installed below your window provides an ideal space for plant growth when you do not have sufficient window sill area. The setup lets you expand your cultivation area without depriving your plants of sunlight exposure. The modern alternative to window planters comes thro...
There are benefits to working organic compost and fertilizers into your soil as well. Although you may not want to add too many additional nutrients to your soil, simple organic fertilizers can provide just enough nutrients for your plants to benefit while not being overwhelming to the plants. H...
If you live in a hardiness zone north of those listed here, you can still grow your own Japanese loquots as container plants. 11. Purple Passionflower (Passiflora Incarnata) Photo from depositphotos.com 🔮 Symbolism: Faith 💧 Water needs: Medium, tolerates drought 🪴 Soil needs: Average...
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For much of the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Midwest, spring has been very slow to arrive. The jet stream has been riding mighty low, and is taking another dive next week. For gardeners, this is frustrating (see above), though here in USDA Hardiness Zone 6b, we’re still well within ...
I started doing this “wall” in my potting shed with info about new plants I’m adding to the garden or plants I added last year that I want to keep an eye out for. Since I have a very established garden, this is such a great help in determining just where I want to plant them...
hardiness zones5-9 Piedmont, or mountain azalea, is one of the earliest native azaleas to bloom. Pale pink flowers bloom profusely in March or early April, with five to nine honeysuckle-like blossoms per cluster. Plantstypically reach six to eight feet with an open, vase-shaped habit. ...
The flowers are rich purple in early spring, April for us. (Hardiness Zone 6-9) Bletilla striata 'Big Bob' (Big Bob Chinese Ground Orchid) This selection with William Mathias of the Wild Orchid Company has a much taller flower spike that reportedly tops 36" tall, although our plants and...
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