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Spare Bulbs

If you are like me, you buy too many bulbs every year. Around Thanksgiving you heave most of the remaining bulbs into the ground with a sigh of relief. However, if you are like me, more often than not, you also have a few left over. Simply keeping them until next year is not an option, so put them to...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 12-01-2008
Winter Cabbage

Every year I install ornamental cabbage and kale varieties in the garden to give color in late fall and through the winter. The colors are wonderful and the cabbages would be perfect if only the groundhog was not so fond of them. Fortunately a few cabbages managed to escape the groundhog's attention...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 11-20-2008
The Growing Garden

Every year I have enlarged my garden. This year is no exception and I am about to start the process. If you do just a little extra work in the fall, you will have a lovely garden bed by springtime. Don't worry about the digging--I never do. Instead use the layered newspaper and compost method that...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 11-07-2008
Multi Tasking

Every year I order too many bulbs. It's the bulb vendors' fault--they make all the tulips, daffodils and crocuses look so gorgeous that it would take a will of iron not to order a large number of them Now it is early November. The yard is full of fallen leaves and it's quite likely that the...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 11-04-2008
Grape Hyacinths

When most of us think about spring-blooming bulbs, we focus on daffodils and tulips. Both are essential in spring, but there are so many of the so-called "little bulbs" that cost a pittance and add a new dimension to the spring garden. I am especially fond of muscari or grape hyacinth . Grape...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 10-15-2008
Lily Turf

As I walk around the neighborhood these days, I take careful note of which plants still look bright and fresh as the growing season wanes. One plant that looks especially good is liriope or lily turf . You may not be familiar with this somewhat grassy-looking plant, but you have probably seen it around...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 10-13-2008
Hydrangea Aftercare

Everyone always wants to know when to prune their hydrangeas . It doesn't matter if the hydrangeas are oak leaf varieties, old fashioned "mophead" type or the newer-fangled 'Endless Summer' (which are really just new and improved mopheads). It also doesn't matter whether the...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 10-12-2008
Fall Chores

As fall progresses, it's important to prioritize your garden chores. It's even more important, if, like most of us, you have less time in the garden than you might like. First things first--if you have any plants waiting to go into the ground, plant them as soon as possible. You want to give...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 10-02-2008
Aster Admiration

Those of us who love our gardens often spend lots of time thinking about color combinations, trying to solve the riddle of "what goes with what." Even if you find the answer, you still have to worry about whether your color coordinated blooms will open at the same time. In the fall there is...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 09-16-2008
Transplanting Shrubs

In much of the country, now is the perfect time to transplant plants and shrubs. The weather has cooled off, so plants (and gardeners) aren't stressed by torrid heat. Specimens that you transplant now will have plenty of time to get established before frost sets in. Next spring they will be off to...

Posted to Growing Wise (Weblog) by Elisabeth on 09-15-2008

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