Perennially Yours Blog
Spring is a great time to divide many summer and fall-blooming perennials that have grown too big for their britches and are crowding neighboring plants. Dividing plants is good for them, despite how stressful it may look or feel to you. Division stimulates new root growth. Younger roots are more efficient at their job than…
Great news! Gardener’s Supply Company is now offering followers of Perennially Yours a 20% special discount on all online purchases. Simply type in PYOURS16 as the promotional code. Two of many favorite purchases from Gardener’s Supply are my solar-powered planters. Here is a picture of them right after I planted them three days ago. Soon…
In many regions there seems to have been an explosion in the rabbit population. And like deer (especially fawns) they are adorable to look at. Unfortunately the damage they can do to our gardens is not so adorable. It is downright sickening. One way to reduce our heartache is to steer clear of perennials that…
There is NOTHING like the Grand Garden Shows hosted by Proven Winners. These extravaganzas are over-the-top in quality, content, settings and participant giveaways. Sheer luxury and garden euphoria! You have two GRAND choices. The first up on the calendar is the Grand Garden Show at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (northern Michigan) taking place…
Jan Johnsen has a gift for creating outdoor spaces that envelop onlookers with a sense of serenity. One cannot help but feel good and at peace with the world when viewing her works of art. Jan’s newest book, Heaven is a Garden (St. Lynn’s Press, 2014), offers breathtaking visual examples and specific ways to make…
Sound intriguing? Easy-peasy. Simply imagine a jaw-dropping, dazzling quilt or tapestry and then envision it sweeping over a section of your landscape. Maybe it is a hard to mow area, a slope, or a lawn alternative. For the most low-maintenance, high-impact designs, select perennials, woody plants, bulbs and annuals that are drought resistant and don’t…
Connecticut magazine crowned Broken Arrow Nursery (in Hamden, Connecticut) as Best Nursery in 2015. I’m sure that many gardeners, in and outside the state, would shower similar praises on this unique nursery. It is a plant lover’s paradise! Broken Arrow Nursery is a topnotch specialty plant retailer of woody plants and perennials. The nursery is…
Last month’s Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium, hosted at The Woodstock Inn and Resort, was hailed the best yet by many returning attendees. The event sold out 2.5 months before it even started with 225 attendees from nine states. Joseph Tychonievich, Kim Eierman, Benjamin Pauly and myself all received high marks for energizing, engaging and…
Here’s one to Mom! With Mother’s Day right around the corner, why not treat her to a one-of-a-kind ‘Grow Your Own Happy Hour Bar’ exclusively available from Gardener’s Supply Company? Imagine serving up freshly juiced veggie drinks from produce harvested in the bar’s planter box. Or grow herbs for cooking and perhaps creating fun drinks…
Hepatica acutiloba (Sharp-lobed Liverwort) This delightful early spring-blooming native adds a charming touch to the woodland garden. Both the foliage and flowers command attention. Flowers can range from white to pink to blue. Mine were a soft lavender-blue (I say were because they were left behind in my Ballston Spa gardens). The leaves tend to…
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