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  • Less Work with the Right Pots or Containers

    st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Choosing pots or plant containers just for their looks may end up creating extra work and poor results. Don’t be seduced by unique shapes, narrow bases, little pots, tall slender pots, light weight pots, and pots with narrow top openings. And here are some of the reasons...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-25-2009

  • Flowers that Plant Themselves

    Self seeding flowers are easy, easy, easy! Unlike most perennials , which must be dug and divided regularly to keep them healthy and attractive, self-seeding flowers renew themselves every year.The initial price of a bag of seeds is the only cost for years of enjoyment. Flowers will seed each fall and...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-06-2009

  • Perk Up That Flower Bed!

    Usually your flower garden looks quite good by mid summer. Your annuals are starting to bloom and the perennials are doing well. But those beds need to be rejuvenated once in a while. Take a close look at that flower bed. Is it looking sparse, and does it need some colorful companions? Take advantage...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 06-16-2009

  • Mixing Annuals with Perennials

    Add a spark of color to your perennial garden with an addition of some annuals. Annuals usually bloom longer than perennials and attract insect pollinators. When spring-blooming perennials go dormant, annuals help fill in that empty spot. Also, when summer perennials have stopped blooming, annuals help...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 06-02-2009

  • Don't Forget Foliage!

    Foliage may not be as eye-catching as flowers, but what beauty they can add to a yard. My neighbor admires the combinations I have come up with the past year and often asks about them. In my containers I combine Coral Bells Purple Petticoats or Mocha with Sweet Potato Vine Chillin' Limeade . What...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 05-30-2009

  • Small annuals for small spaces

    When choosing your annuals consider factors such as color, shape, and texture, and whether you will intermingle your annuals with other types of plants. Also, you need to check the planting instructions and select plants for the right location: full sun, or prefer shade or partial shade. Color will be...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 04-20-2009
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