Smart shoppers look for mums with lots of unopened buds, for the longest lasting bloom. Have you planted hardy mums that never came back the next year? You’re not alone; most fall mums are “throwaways,” but it is possible to permanently add mums to your perennial garden. One secret to success is to buy them […]
By Steve Boehme One of our strongest impressions from travels in the South is the abundance of showy Crape Myrtle shrubs and trees everywhere. In cities like Charlotte and Atlanta, we see lots of Crape Myrtle trees more than 10 feet tall, most often multiple trunk clumps with the lower branches removed to show off […]
Is your favorite tomato or pepper an heirloom? By Steve Boehme Heirloom vegetable plants and seeds are all the buzz right now. Vegetable plants can be either “heirloom” or “hybrid.” At least half the tomato and pepper plants and seeds we sell in our nursery are heirloom varieties. But what exactly is an heirloom vegetable, […]
Raised-bed gardening is the key to growing lots of healthy plants with the least effort. Raised beds are containers of soil above ground level, with space to walk around them without packing the growing soil down and squeezing out all the air. They also prevent the surrounding grass and weeds from invading and competing with […]