Doug Greens Garden : gardening as if my best life depended on it
I'm having a bit of a struggle with long blooming perennials at the moment. I don't have enough of them. Sigh.. And over a cup of coffee, I was lead to the next gardening mystery in my life. Why do …
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Let's get the important stuff about Hakonechloa out of the way first. You pronounce it Ha-ckon-ee-kl-oh-ah - with the emphasis on the ee. So it sounds like "hackon-ee-kloa. Got it? :-) How To …
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Deadheading perennials means to cut off the spent or dead flowers. There are two basic systems that perennial flowers produce blooms and this video discusses/shows them both along with the "how" of …
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Evergreen candytuft (Iberis) is a spring blooming plant for full sun or very light shade. It is most often used to cascade down walls or over banks and sometimes as a ground cover. It has shiny …
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Over the years, I've grown quite a few perennial flowers such as Hibiscus in my garden. They're easily grown if you give them the conditions they want (in fact, they're easily grown in most …
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Planting perennials doesn't have to be rocket science - the guidelines are here.A rule of thumb is to install the plant at the same height it was at in the container.If you have the plant in a …
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