Finding the Right Plant Articles
Knowing the amount of sun and shade you have in your garden is critical to selecting the right plants for the right place. But there are other factors in the northern garden that will influence your plant's health.
Many gardeners love helping pollinators. But growing a pollinator garden isn't practical in every location. Let's consider other factors that help you create a bee, butterfly, and insect-friendly habitat in your yard.
Sometimes, you want a flowering plant that can fill a large space in summer and then disappear in winter. The answer is shrub-like perennials.
Before you run out to purchase the most alluring variety of hydrangea you see, take a moment to plan where it will be planted, what conditions it will experience and what type of plant you want.
When designing a landscape, one of the first types of plants to consider are the structural plants. These plants give your garden or landscape its “bones”. The best plants to start with are evergreens. Needled and broadleaf evergreen trees and shrubs can be anchors in your garden, can be used as screens and hedges, and can add color and texture. They complement other flowers and shrubs during the growing season and provide interest during our long, northern winters.
Wondering what you could be doing in your northern garden to help it flourish? Check here for tips each month with Northeast gardening expert, Charlie Nardozzi.
Winter provides time to refresh, reflect and ready ourselves for spring. Here’s how I’ll be starting off the new year.
I love January in the North. The holidays are over and I have time to sit back by the fire with my laptop and peruse the new varieties debuting this year. Let me tell you about six new varieties I've found so far that I think will be worth growing in our cold climate.
Best for the West, that includes shrubs, perennials, and annuals that can handle the heat and dryness of the west coast climate.
