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Planting Annuals with Other Plants

Even though annuals look wonderful by themselves, they also have a lot to offer in groups with other plants. When annuals are planted in borders where your perennials dominate, you can use them as a formal or informal edging. While your perennials come in and out of bloom, the annuals will add consistent...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 03-01-2010
Plant annuals for a boost of color

Every garden bed could use an extra boost of color. With the addition of annuals , your garden will take on a striking new look. Annuals’ blooms often times outlast many of the perennials . Fill in the bare spots that appear when spring-blooming perennials go dormant. Annuals can also be used to create...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 01-08-2010
Growing Plants in the Shade

Shade can foil all attempts at successful gardening unless you choose the right plants. Some plants tolerate shade and bloom sparingly, while others actually prefer shade and won’t grow or bloom unless shade is provided throughout the day. Simply consider shade gardening an asset, rather than a problem...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 01-02-2010
Reseeding Annuals

Do you desire to have something come back every year and do not want to plant a perennial ? How about some reseeding annuals ? Self-sowing annuals give perennial like pleasure. Reseeding annuals drop seeds in the fall and some are quite reliable for reproducing fabulous flowers in the spring. The seeds...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 12-26-2009
Create a charming and colorful display by mixing the Pink and Blue Angelonias

Angelonias make full blooming specimen plants that are great for the patio and yard. These annuals produce long lasting and colorful blooms that look great when planted in garden beds or containers; they will flower well into the fall season. The flower stems are great for making vase arrangements, providing...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 12-12-2009
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
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

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