We are in USDA hardiness zone 7 with an average annual minimum temperature of 0 to 10 degrees F (-17.8 to -12.2 C). In January of 2014, the weather for the suburbs of Philadelphia, where Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is located, repeatedly dipped into this range and below. In spring of ...
LILACS ARE FLEETING, YES,but I cannot imagine a garden without their moment. so they are one of the single-season plants I make room for here. Lots of room.My favorite lilacs. SPIRAEA THUNBERGII ‘OGON’gives me eight and a half months of gleam in my cold Zone 5B garden, starting with...
When the snow finally melted mid-April, I could see the daphnes were nowhere as near as charming as these curving trees. In fact they dragged down the entire garden design with their crippled posture and lack of leaves. I made plans to replace them. Often labeled as hardy to zone 5, m...
Zone.Know your zone. Write it on your hand if you need to. Know what it means: if you live in USDA Zone 5, for example, anything rated hardy to 5 or lower (4, 3, 2, 1…) should be winter hardy in your area. Look at the warmer (higher number) range, too. If you’re in ...
English Lavender is a classic fragrant plant that never goes out of style. Not only does it look beautiful, but its lovely scent is good for more than your enjoyment. You can use lavender to keep mosquitoes out of your house by bringing some inside. ...
If you happen to live within ahardiness zonecolder than Zone 7, you’re not out of luck when it comes to gardenias! They can also be grown indoors in pots. Put them outside during the warm days of summer and take them indoors for the cooler seasons. ...
but this same method can also be used just for beauty. Almost any flowering tree or shrub can be grown on a wall and trained, so imagine, for example, an Okame Cherry Blossom Tree covering the side of your house. Or picture aMagnolia treein full bloom, its blossoms just below your bedr...
If all the branches on one side or another of the shrub are dying back it might be that they are drying out. But if it’s a branch here and there, more random, follow those down looking at the stems carefully. Look for either a small hole, a hole with sawdust coming out, or a ...
Fungal microbiota colonizes their plant host to adapt themselves to the plant's environment; hence, the symbionts have coevolved for millions of years [6]. The establishment of particular fungus–plant mutualistic relationships can confer thermotolerance, drought resistance, and a multitude of ...