Perennially Yours Blog
Sedum has always been a mainstay for fall color – in the garden as well as containers. Rightly so. The succulent, broccoli-like foliage jazzes up gardens as soon as it emerges in spring and continues the excitement through fall. Add to these kudos that it is highly drought tolerant, is beloved by butterflies, provides winter…
Heucherella ‘Buttered Rum’ YUMMY! This is one of my favorite Heucherellas. Heucherella is a cross between Heuchera (coral bell) and Tiarella (foamflower). The marriage has resulted in eye-popping progeny. Like many other Heucherella, ‘Buttered Rum’ does well in sun or shade. ‘Buttered Rum’ parades a rich tapestry of caramel and rusty orange leaves in spring…
Hold on to your gardening hats! Garden Design magazine is NOT your typical gardening magazine. This king-sized, quarterly publication has 144 pages of stunning garden photography; informative, fascinating articles; and cutting edge, landscape sustainability suggestions and design ideas. BINGO! The magazine is really ‘book-like’ in its presentation. There are NO ADVERTISEMENTS! Two years ago the…
Do you want plumper, juicier and more tomatoes? Who doesn’t? Treat your tomatoes to Tomato-tone (3-4-6), a premium organic plant food that feeds your plants naturally and will not force rapid growth at the expense of blooms and tomato yield. Tomato-tone’s all natural formula contains Bio-tone®, Espoma’s proprietary blend of beneficial microbes. This slow-release…
By this time in the gardening season, after months of toiling in the gardens, we deserve to treat ourselves. Gardener’s Supply Company’s Healing Eucalyptus Wrap will put you in seventh heaven! In addition to being smart looking, it also relieves tension, stiffness, aches and pains. And the soothing smell of eucalyptus helps alleviate cold symptoms…
Each year I have the incredible opportunity to trial plants that Proven Winners will be introducing to the market the following season. When the big brown box thumps down on my front porch, I feel like it’s Christmas morning! I plant the sweet little things in both the gardens and containers to see how they…
Gardener’s Supply Company is constantly coming up with brilliant new gardening products. Their WaterEase Self-Watering Planters bring self-watering containers to a new level! These beautiful pieces have an adjustable Smart-Port Reservoir to ensure plants (flowers or edibles) receive optimal watering in all conditions. Raise and lower the port to adjust the amount of water held…
Proven Winners Vermillionaire Cuphea is commonly called the large firecracker plant. Does that tell you something?! Sadly, it is an underused in many parts of the country, but it’s quickly rising to stardom. Hummingbirds can’t resist this extremely, low-maintenance annual, with shocking deep orange tubular flowers. Vermillionaire requires full sun to look its best and…
Gro-tone was just featured in one of my favorite magazines, The American Gardener, published by the American Horticultural Society. Gro-tone, produced by Espoma, is a fish-based, liquid concentrate fertilizer without the fishy smell. Say what?! Espoma added a pleasant mint scent to the concoction so that no nose-pinching is necessary (or shooing off cats and…
I am a pushover for white Shasta daisies. Maybe it is because they were one of my Mom’s favorite flowers. They always bring a smile to my face. That’s why I want to see these sweet beauties in my garden spring through fall. The challenge is that most shasta daisies (Leucanthemum x superbum) only bloom…
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