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Growing the Colorful and Fragrant Dianthus Shooting Star

Dianthus Shooting Star is an addition to the “Star” series of Dianthus . I think it is the best and brightest one yet! Plant this perennial where its fragrance and color can be enjoyed by everyone! Shooting Star forms neat and compact evergreen mounds that remain attractive all season long. The stunning...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-20-2009
Interesting Container Ideas

If you are looking to decorate the outside of your home, try decorative planters. They allow you to bring living plant material in areas that you might not otherwise be able to. With as many choices that are out there today, you can get containers in about any size, shape, or color that you can imagine...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-26-2009
Introducing "Garden Bytes"

Nature Hills is proud to announce the launch of Garden Bytes , a new series of on-line, video gardening tips. This series is designed to provide visitors to our community useful gardening tips in "byte" sized webisodes. These webisodes will cover a large variety of topics pertaining to the...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-23-2009
Lawn trends

Lawns are getting smaller these days. Large lawns were once a symbol of status and prestige. Several factors have influenced lawns sizes in recent years. Economic and environmental changes, as well as a move towards a more "green society", have caused people to back away from an "all yard"...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 06-21-2009
Pruning Forsythia

I have this forsythia that was tall, but all the leaves were toward the top and I wanted it to become bushier and more compact. I found that a Forsythia can take a rather severe pruning once it is established. It does bloom on last year’s old canes, so I needed to stimulate these old canes. The first...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-08-2009
Annual/Perennial Petunias

Are petunias always annuals? All petunias are potentially perennials if given the right environment. If you cut petunias back you can usually get three years out of the same plant, sometimes longer. Give them a good haircut a couple of times a year and they will be fine. Ways to winterize petunias in...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-07-2009
Storing sweet potato tubers over the winter

Outstanding foliage is the main reason to choose an ornamental sweet potato vine for your landscape. A close relative of morning glories and moonflowers , these vines are vigorous growers and quickly can fill any bare spaces in your garden. Because of its trailing qualities, this vine makes a great groundcover...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-06-2009
The Beggar's Herb and Old Man's Beard

I recall 2 questions that I was asked this past week that I had not been asked before, 'ever'. So not knowing the answer or even heard of the plant called Beggar's Herb, caused me to hunt for information. I thought I knew about Old Man's Beard, but I was told it was a clematis. I thought...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-05-2009
Fruit Trees & Sunlight

Adequate sunlight is required to grow your own fruit. Fruit trees need sunlight as it is a vital link in the photosynthesis process. The energy from the sunlight allows the tree to transform carbon dioxide and water to carbohydrates which allows for healthy growth of the trees. Fruit trees on average...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by jeff-nhn on 04-04-2009
Growing Carrots

Growing carrots seemed pretty easy to me when I was young and observing my grandmother plant and harvest them. Her carrots were sweeter and tastier than what I have tried to grow. I kept thinking, was my memory faulty, was my love and respect for my grandmother clouding my memory, or was I just a poor...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-04-2009

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