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• Growing Asparagus

  Asparagus is a great vegetable to grow for a garden, especially because it is a perennial (so it will come back year after year). Patience is key with this one, because it takes a couple years to get asparagus going. You don't want to start harvesting... Posted Sep 02 2009, 03:21 PM by bryan-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: asparagus, compost, crop, crown, crowns, cut, die, die back, dig, fern, fern-like, fertilize, Fertilizer, growing, harvest, helpful gardening tips, hydrate, manure, old, one year old, peat, perennial beds, shoot, spear, spears, stalk, stem, stems, trench, vegetable, vegetables, water, year, year old

• An easy to grow flower, Stoke's Aster

  Stoke’s Aster What an easy plant to grow, and you receive a generous amount of long lasting flowers! In late spring it sprouts several erect stems which have smaller clasping leaves. It stands about 1-2 feet in height with fluffy blue to lavender flowers... Posted Aug 25 2009, 01:36 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: asters, border plant, cut flower, helpful garden tips, late bloomer, perennial beds, stokes aster, Stoke's Aster, Stokes blue Danube

• Attracting the Monarch Butterfly

  When Fall is starting to creep into September, the Monarch butterfly begins to arrive on the scene. To attract these floating beauties you will need a hardy perennial to be blooming. One of the most reliable early fall bloomers is the Blazing Star (Liatris... Posted Jul 11 2009, 05:35 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: attracts butterflies, blazing star, butterfly plant, fall blooming plant, gayfeather, helpful gardening tips, monarchs, perennial beds

• Ixia Bulbs

  Ixia are lesser known bulbs, but truly excellent fall planted bulbs that love the sun and heat. They are sometimes called the African Corm Lily. Place them in well drained, rich, fertile soil; plant them about 3 inches deep. Use Ixia in borders, beds... Posted Jul 04 2009, 09:18 AM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: helpful gardening tips, ixia, ixia bulb care, ixia bulbs, perennial, perennial beds, planting Ixia

• Bee Balm Beauties

  Bee Balm flowers come in such a variety of colors and sizes that there is a guarantee that you will find one you love. If you are looking for a unique flower that gets attention, try a perky bee balm with its crazy shape and showoff qualities. The Grande... Posted May 29 2009, 04:22 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: Bee Balm, helpful gardening tips, herb garden, monarda, perennial beds, perennials, shasta daisy

• Lantana as a ground cover

  If you live in a very hot, dry area with poor soil conditions, Lantana is the groundcover plant for you! Since Lantana is a heat tolerant plant, it makes a nice groundcover and provides an abundant of vibrant colored flowers as well. Lantanas originally... Posted May 03 2009, 03:12 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: annual, ground covers, helpful gardening tips, hot climate plants, lantana, long bloom period, perennial beds

• Cats In The Flower Beds!

  My mother in-law has a perennial bed in the front of her house and you walk right by it to get to her doorway. She takes great care of the bed but this winter, for whatever reason, the neighborhood cat or cats have decided to use her perennial bed as... Posted Mar 13 2008, 10:04 AM by jeff-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: cats, gardening tips, perennial beds, repellents