Every flower garden is beautiful in its own way, but there’s something special about gardens blooming in the shade. A beautiful shade garden will become one of your favorite places to relax and enjoy nature. So, if you have a shady backyard, don’t despair. Today, we’ll look at Cathy’s shade garden and learn from her …
Garden Landscaping
While big, bold flowers can make a statement in your garden, it’s always good to add a few small flowering plants to fill in gaps in your landscape. There are many tiny flowers that you can grow in your garden: they add bright spots of color without large blooms and will attract butterflies, bees, and …
Succulents are wonderful low-maintenance houseplants and drought-tolerant garden plants. Many of them also produce beautiful flowers! These flowering succulent plants add cheerful bursts of color to xeriscapes and brighten up rooms and porches. Most succulents prefer full sun or minimal shade and well-draining soil. If you live in a cooler climate, you can keep succulents as …
Daffodils are synonymous with spring, and there are so many things you can do with this beautiful plant to keep it healthy and strong season after season. It all begins with knowing how to care for it properly. They produce beautiful, usually yellow blooms. Some types can have orange or white blooms, as well. Most …
Hydrangeas are a flower power plant for summer gardens. They grow in hard-to-fill niches in garden plantings, or they can dominate a well-watered area near the house or on the shady side of the lawn. Hydrangeas produce eye-catching heads of flowers in white, pink, lavender, purple, or rose that change colors as they begin to …
Dianthus (Dianthus spp.) includes nearly 350 species of flowering plants. This includes carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus), pinks (Dianthus plumarius), and sweet William (Dianthus barbatus). Pinks and sweet William are common dianthus varieties grown in flowerbeds. Choosing the right companion plants for dianthus will highlight their beauty. Are Pinks And Sweet William The Same? Pinks and Sweet …
There are very few perennial plants better suited to landscape design than daylilies. They come in an astonishing spectrum of colors. They are adaptable to just about any type of soil, and they grow just about anywhere in the landscape that has full sun all day, or bright morning sun with dappled shade in the …
With nearly a hundred aggressively spreading, nonnative plants degrading ecosystems in a single state, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed. To make things a bit more manageable, we have compiled a shorter list of some of the most common and worst invasive plants in Connecticut to help you identify and remove any invasives in …
Most homeowners plan the landscaping of their front yard first, and for good reason: front yard landscaping is the first thing visitors see. It is the part of the landscape the family and neighbors see most often. It is enormously important for establishing curb appeal. Fortunately, landscaping the front yard doesn’t have to be expensive …
Some invasive plants may be pretty, but they can cause a lot of damage! Often called “noxious weeds,” invasive plants outcompete native species for space, sunlight, nutrients, and water, in turn reducing wildlife habitat. They can even have a negative economic impact, especially in industries like agriculture, forestry, and fishing. As a gardener, you can …